118 lines
3.8 KiB
Groff
118 lines
3.8 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: bpm.1,v 1.2 2003/12/21 11:39:17 wiz Exp $ */
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.\"
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 2003 Alistair G. Crooks. All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
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.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
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.\" This product includes software developed by Alistair G. Crooks.
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.\" 4. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote
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.\" products derived from this software without specific prior written
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.\" permission.
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS
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.\" OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
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.\" WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY
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.\" DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
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.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE
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.\" GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
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.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
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.\" WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING
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.\" NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
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.\" SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.Dd December 21, 2003
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.Dt BPM 1
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm bpm
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.Nd menu-based binary package manager
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl hnVv
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.Op Fl b Ar baseURL
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.Op Fl m Ar machine
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.Op Fl r Ar release
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.Op Fl w Ar seconds
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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command is used to locate and install binary packages from any
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reachable URL.
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.Pp
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The following command-line options are supported:
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It Fl b Ar baseURL
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Specify a base URL from which to download binary packages.
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The default URL is
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.Pa ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages .
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.It Fl h
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Print a help message and then exit.
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.It Fl m Ar machine
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Use
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.Ar machine
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as the machine architecture to be used, instead of that returned by
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.Xr uname 1 .
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.It Fl n
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Don't actually execute the commands to add the package.
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.It Fl r Ar release
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Use
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.Ar release
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as the operating system release to be used, instead of that returned by
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.Xr uname 1 .
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.It Fl V
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Print version number and exit.
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.It Fl v
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Turn on verbose output.
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.It Fl w Ar seconds
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The number of
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.Ar seconds
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to wait after displaying an error message and returning to
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normal menu operations.
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.El
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.Pp
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.Nm
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provides a menu-based binary package manager for
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.Nx .
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.Nm
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first connects to the URL using
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.Xr ftp 1 ,
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and displays a list of categories for which binary packages exist.
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If no categories are displayed, it could
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be that the machine architecture or operating system release string
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have been wrongly interpreted, and that it will be necessary to override
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this values by means of the command line options.
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Within a category, a list of packages will be displayed, and by selecting
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one using the number assigned to it, the package will be downloaded
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automatically, and installed, using the
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.Xr pkg_add 1
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utility.
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It is also possible to change the category currently being examined,
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and to quit from the utility, simply by selecting the appropriate choices
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on the menu.
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.Sh ENVIRONMENT
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The environment variables which govern the behaviour of
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.Xr ftp 1
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and
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.Xr pkg_add 1
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are valid for
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.Nm .
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr ftp 1 ,
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.Xr pkg_add 1 ,
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.Xr uname 1
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.Sh AUTHORS
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The
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.Nm
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utility was written by
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.An Alistair Crooks Aq agc@NetBSD.org .
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