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authorAllan McRae <allan@archlinux.org>2011-06-22 06:07:27 +0200
committerDan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>2011-06-24 09:02:40 +0200
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Document group and providers selection
The format required for selection of packages within the group selection dialog is not entirely obvious, so provide some documentation. Fixes FS#24134. Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org>
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@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ Synopsis
--------
'pacman' <operation> [options] [targets]
-
Description
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Pacman is a package management utility that tracks installed packages on a Linux
@@ -69,13 +68,18 @@ Operations
interprets ">" as redirection to file.)
+
In addition to packages, groups can be specified as well. For example, if
-gnome is a defined package group, then `pacman -S gnome` will install every
-package in the gnome group, as well as the dependencies of those packages.
+gnome is a defined package group, then `pacman -S gnome` will provide a
+prompt allowing you to select which packages to install from a numbered list.
+The package selection is specified using a space separated list of package
+numbers. Sequential packages may be selected by specifying the first and last
+package numbers separated by a hyphen (`-`). Excluding packages is achieved by
+prefixing a number or range of numbers with a caret (`^`).
+
Packages that provide other packages are also handled. For example, `pacman -S
foo` will first look for a foo package. If foo is not found, packages that
provide the same functionality as foo will be searched for. If any package is
-found, it will be installed.
+found, it will be installed. A selection prompt is provided if multiple packages
+providing foo are found.
+
You can also use `pacman -Su` to upgrade all packages that are out of date. See
<<SO,Sync Options>> below. When upgrading, pacman performs version comparison