slackman-package(8)

NAME

slackman-package - Install, upgrade and display information of Slackware packages

SYNOPSIS

slackman install PACKAGE [...]
slackman upgrade [PACKAGE [...]]
slackman reinstall PACKAGE [...]
slackman remove PACKAGE [...]
slackman history PACKAGE
slackman info PACKAGE

slackman changelog [PACKAGE]
slackman search PATTERN
slackman file-search PATTERN
slackman new-config

DESCRIPTION

COMMANDS

slackman install PACKAGE [...]        Install one or more packages
slackman upgrade [PACKAGE [...]]      Upgrade installed packages
slackman reinstall PACKAGE [...]      Reinstall one or more packages
slackman remove PACKAGE [...]         Remove one or more packages
slackman history PACKAGE              Display package history information
slackman info PACKAGE                 Display information about installed or available packages

slackman changelog [PACKAGE]          Display general or package ChangeLog
slackman search PATTERN               Search packages using PATTERN
slackman file-search PATTERN          Search files into packages using PATTERN
slackman new-config                   Find new configuration files

OPTIONS

--repo=REPOSITORY                     Use specified repo during upgrade or install packages
-h, --help                            Display help and exit
--man                                 Display man pages
--version                             Display version information
-c, --config=FILE                     Configuration file
--root                                Set Slackware root directory
--color=[always|auto|never]           Colorize the output
--terse                               Display only a single description line when install or upgrade a package

CHANGELOG OPTIONS

--after=DATE                          Filter changelog after date
--before=DATE                         Filter changelog before date
--details                             Display ChangeLog details
--security-fix                        Display only ChangeLog Security Fix
--cve=CVE-YYYY-NNNNNN                 Search a CVE identifier into ChangeLogs
--announces                           Display announce in ChangeLog

INFO OPTIONS

--show-files                          Show file lists

INSTALL, UPGRADE, REMOVE, REINSTALL OPTIONS

--category=CATEGORY                   Use a category
-f, --force                           Force action
--download-only                       Download only
--new-packages                        Check for new packages
--obsolete-packages                   Check for obsolete packages
-x, --exclude=PACKAGE                 Exclude package
--tag=TAG                             Force upgrade of installed package with specified tag
--no-priority                         Disable repository priority check
--no-excludes                         Disable exclude repo configuration
--no-deps                             Disable dependency check
-y, --yes                             Assume yes
-n, --no                              Assume no
--no-gpg-check                        Disable GPG verify check
--no-md5-check                        Disable MD5 checksum check
--local=PACKAGE-FILE                  Install or upgrade from a local package

EXAMPLES

Update repository packages list and upgrade all packages:

slackman update && slackman upgrade -y

Install, upgrade and remove obsolete packages from specific repository:

slackman install --new-packages --repo ktown
slackman upgrade --repo ktown
slackman remove --obsolete-packages --repo ktown

Upgrade package excluding kernels packages

slackman upgrade --exclude kernel-*

Install a new package from local package file:

slackman install --local /tmp/google-chrome-62.0.3202.75-x86_64-1.txz

Search a package:

slackman search docker

Search file using MANIFEST.bz2 repository file (slackman update manifest):

slackman file-search firefox

Display a ChangeLog:

slackman changelog --repo slackware:packages

Search a CVE into the ChangeLog and display the detail:

slackman changelog --cve CVE-2017-1000251 --details

SEE ALSO

slackman(8), slackman-repo(8), slackman-update(8), slackman.conf(5), slackman.repo(5)

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to https://github.com/LotarProject/slackman/issues page.

AUTHOR

Giuseppe Di Terlizzi giuseppe.diterlizzi@gmail.com

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright 2016-2018 Giuseppe Di Terlizzi.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the the Artistic License (2.0). You may obtain a copy of the full license at:

http://www.perlfoundation.org/artistic_license_2_0