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diff --git a/doc/index.asciidoc b/doc/index.asciidoc new file mode 100644 index 00000000..48510830 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/index.asciidoc @@ -0,0 +1,261 @@ +Pacman Home Page +================ + +A simple library-based package manager. + +Introduction +------------ +pacman is a utility which manages software packages in Linux. It uses simple +compressed files as a package format, and maintains a text-based package +database (more of a hierarchy), just in case some hand tweaking 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 download packages from a remote server. + +History +~~~~~~~ +Version 2.0 of pacman introduced the ability to sync packages (the '\--sync' +option) with a master server through the use of package databases. Prior to +this, packages would have to be installed manually using the '\--add' and +'\--upgrade' operations. + +Version 3.0 was the switch to a two-part pacman -- a back-end named libalpm +(library for Arch Linux Package Management) and the familiar pacman front-end. +Speed in many cases was improved, along with dependency and conflict resolution +being able to handle a much wider variety of cases. The switch to a +library-based program should also make it easier in the future to develop +alternative front ends. + +Version 4.0 added package signing and verification capabilities to the entire +makepkg/repo-add/pacman toolchain via GnuPG and GPGME. + +Version 5.0 added support for pre/post-transaction hooks and sync database file +list operations. + +Documentation +------------- + +Man Pages +~~~~~~~~~ +There are several man pages available for the programs, utilities, and +configuration files dealing with pacman. + +* linkman:alpm-hooks[5] +* linkman:PKGBUILD[5] +* linkman:libalpm[3] +* linkman:makepkg[8] +* linkman:makepkg.conf[5] +* linkman:pacman[8] +* linkman:pacman-key[8] +* linkman:pacman.conf[5] +* linkman:pkgdelta[8] +* linkman:repo-add[8] +* linkman:vercmp[8] + +Changelog +~~~~~~~~~ +For a good idea of what is going on in pacman development, take a look at the +link:https://projects.archlinux.org/pacman.git/[Git summary page] for the +project. + +See the most recent +link:https://projects.archlinux.org/pacman.git/tree/NEWS[NEWS] +file for a not-as-frequently-updated list of changes. However, this should +contain the biggest changes in a format more concise than the commit log. + + +Releases +-------- + +[frame="none",grid="none",options="autowidth",cols="3*a"] +|====== +| +[frame="topbot",grid="none",options="header,autowidth"] +!====== +!Version !Date +!5.0.1 !2016-02-23 +!5.0.0 !2016-01-30 +!4.2.1 !2015-02-20 +!4.2.0 !2014-12-19 +!4.1.2 !2013-06-18 +!4.1.1 !2013-05-07 +!4.1.0 !2013-04-01 +!4.1.0rc1 !2013-03-09 +!4.0.3 !2012-04-07 +!4.0.2 !2012-02-11 +!4.0.1 !2011-11-20 +!4.0.0 !2011-10-13 +!4.0.0rc2 !2011-09-22 +!4.0.0rc1 !2011-08-11 +!3.5.4 !2011-08-10 +!3.5.3 !2011-06-07 +!3.5.2 !2011-04-18 +!3.5.1 !2011-03-23 +!3.5.0 !2011-03-16 +!3.4.3 !2011-01-22 +!3.4.2 !2010-12-29 +!3.4.1 !2010-09-03 +!3.4.0 !2010-06-16 +!3.3.3 !2009-11-10 +!3.3.2 !2009-10-05 +!3.3.1 !2009-09-22 +!3.3.0 !2009-08-02 +!3.2.2 !2009-01-05 +!3.2.1 !2008-08-26 +!3.2.0 !2008-07-30 +!3.1.4 !2008-04-01 +!====== +| +[frame="topbot",grid="none",options="header,autowidth"] +!====== +!Version !Date +!3.1.3 !2008-03-06 +!3.1.2 !2008-02-20 +!3.1.1 !2008-01-20 +!3.1.0 !2008-01-09 +!3.0.6 !2007-09-16 +!3.0.5 !2007-06-17 +!3.0.4 !2007-05-08 +!3.0.3 !2007-04-28 +!3.0.2 !2007-04-23 +!3.0.1 !2007-04-04 +!3.0.0 !2007-03-25 +!2.9.8 !2006-02-02 +!2.9.7 !2005-09-16 +!2.9.7-TEST3 !2005-09-11 +!2.9.7-TEST2 !2005-09-07 +!2.9.7-TEST !2005-08-19 +!2.9.6 !2005-06-10 +!2.9.5 !2005-01-11 +!2.9.4 !2004-12-20 +!2.9.3 !2004-12-19 +!2.9.2 !2004-09-25 +!2.9.1 !2004-09-25 +!2.9 !2004-09-18 +!2.8.4 !2004-08-23 +!2.8.3 !2004-08-04 +!2.8.2 !2004-07-22 +!2.8.1 !2004-07-17 +!2.8 !2004-07-03 +!2.7.9 !2004-04-30 +!2.7.8 !2004-04-29 +!====== +| +[frame="topbot",grid="none",options="header,autowidth"] +!====== +!Version !Date +!2.7.7 !2004-04-15 +!2.7.6 !2004-04-04 +!2.7.5 !2004-03-02 +!2.7.4 !2004-02-18 +!2.7.3 !2004-02-07 +!2.7.2 !2004-01-04 +!2.7.1 !2003-12-21 +!2.7 !2003-11-25 +!2.6.4 !2003-10-17 +!2.6.3 !2003-10-01 +!2.6.2 !2003-09-29 +!2.6.1 !2003-09-15 +!2.6 !2003-09-03 +!2.5.1 !2003-07-12 +!2.5 !2003-05-30 +!2.4.1 !2003-04-19 +!2.4 !2003-04-11 +!2.3.2 !2003-03-17 +!2.3.1 !2003-03-14 +!2.3 !2003-02-27 +!2.2 !2002-12-11 +!2.1 !2002-09-16 +!2.0 !2002-08-09 +!1.23 !2002-04-30 +!1.22 !2002-04-12 +!1.21 !2002-04-03 +!1.2 !2002-03-18 +!1.1 !2002-03-10 +!1.0 !2002-02-25 +!====== + +|====== + +Source code for all releases is available at +link:https://sources.archlinux.org/other/pacman/[]. To install, download the newest +available source tarball, unpack it in a directory, and run the three magic +commands: + + $ ./configure + $ make + # make install + +You may wish to read the options presented by `./configure --help` in order to +set appropriate paths and build options that are correct for your system. + +Development +----------- + +Mailing List +~~~~~~~~~~~~ +There is a mailing list devoted to pacman development, hosted by Arch Linux. +link:https://mailman.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/pacman-dev/[Subscribe] or +link:https://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/pacman-dev/[view the archives]. + +Source Code +~~~~~~~~~~~ +Development of pacman is currently done in Git. The central repository is +hosted by Arch Linux, although some of the developers have their own trees (ask +on the above mailing lists if you are interested in finding the locations of +these trees). + +The current development tree can be fetched with the following command: + + git clone git://projects.archlinux.org/pacman.git pacman + +which will fetch the full development history into a directory named pacman. +You can browse the source as well using +link:https://projects.archlinux.org/pacman.git/[cgit]. HTTP/HTTPS URLs are also +available for cloning purposes; these URLs are listed at the above page. + +If you are interested in hacking on pacman, it is highly recommended you join +the mailing list mentioned above, as well as take a quick glance at our +link:HACKING.html[HACKING] document. +link:submitting-patches.html[submitting-patches] is also a recommended read. + +Not as familiar with code as you'd like to be, but still want to help out? If +you speak a foreign language, you can help by either creating or updating a +translation file for your native language. Instructions can be found in +link:translation-help.html[translation-help]. + +Other Utilities +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Although the package manager itself is quite simple, many scripts have been +developed that help automate building and installing packages. These are used +extensively in link:https://www.archlinux.org/[Arch Linux]. Most of these utilities +are available in the Arch Linux projects +link:https://projects.archlinux.org/[code browser]. + +Utilities available: + +* link:https://projects.archlinux.org/abs.git/[abs] - ABS (Arch Build System), scripts to download & use the Arch Linux PKGBUILD tree +* link:https://projects.archlinux.org/dbscripts.git/[dbscripts] - scripts used by Arch Linux to manage the main package repositories +* link:https://projects.archlinux.org/devtools.git/[devtools] - tools to assist in packaging and dependency checking +* link:https://projects.archlinux.org/namcap.git/[namcap] - a package analysis utility written in python +* link:https://projects.archlinux.org/srcpac.git/[srcpac] - a bash build-from-source pacman wrapper + +Bugs +---- +If you find bugs (which is quite likely), please email them to the pacman-dev +mailing last at mailto:pacman-dev@archlinux.org[] with specific information +such as your command-line, the nature of the bug, and even the package database +if it helps. + +You can also post a bug to the Arch Linux bug tracker +link:https://bugs.archlinux.org/index.php?project=3[Flyspray]. Be sure to file +bugs under the Pacman project. + +Copyright +--------- +pacman is Copyright (C) 2006-2018 Pacman Development Team +<pacman-dev@archlinux.org> and Copyright (C) 2002-2006 Judd Vinet +<jvinet@zeroflux.org> and is licensed through the GNU General Public License, +version 2 or later. |