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@@ -8,12 +8,13 @@ DESCRIPTION: pacman is a utility which manages software packages in Linux. It uses simple .tar.gz files as a package format, and maintains a text-based package database (more of a hierarchy), just in case some hand tweaking - is necessary. + is necessary. pacman does not strive to "do everything." It will add, remove and upgrade packages in the system, and it will allow you to query the package database for installed packages, files and owners. It also - attempts to handle dependencies automatically and can + attempts to handle dependencies automatically and can download packages + from a remote server. Although the package manager itself is quite simple, the pacman tarball also comes with scripts that help automate building and installing @@ -21,16 +22,16 @@ DESCRIPTION: used in Arch Linux <http://www.archlinux.org>. As of version 2.0, pacman can also keep your system's packages in - sync with a master server. You can follow CURRENT and STABLE trees, - or lock yourself into a specific version. See the pacman manpage - for more info on this (--sync operation). + sync with a master server. You can follow CURRENT and STABLE trees, + or lock yourself into a specific version. See the pacman manpage + for more info on this (--sync operation). INSTALL: -------- -$ make install -or -$ make DESTDIR=/your/path/here install +$ ./configure +$ make +# make install If your man files are located in a directory other than /usr/man, you may want to edit Makefile and modify the MANDIR line accordingly. @@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ Note: Since pacman is compiled statically, you will need the static libraries BUGS: ----- If you find bugs (which is quite likely), please submit them to -<jvinet@zeroflux.org> with specific information, such as your +<jvinet@zeroflux.org> with specific information such as your commandline, the nature of the bug, and even the package database if it helps. @@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ licensed through the GNU General Public License (see COPYING). pacman uses "libtar", a library for reading/writing tar-files. This library is Copyright (c) 1998-2001 Mark D. Roth <roth@uiuc.edu> (see -libtar-X.X.X/COPYRIGHT for further details). +libtar-X.X.X/COPYRIGHT for furthur details). pacman uses "ftplib", a library for sending/receiving files via FTP. This library is copyright (c) 1996-2000 Thomas Pfau, pfau@cnj.digex.net (see |