NAME

       pacapt - Arch´s pacman-like package manager for some Unices

SYNOPSIS

       pacapt [options(s)] [operation(s)] [package(s)]

DESCRIPTION

       pacapt  is  an  Arch´s  pacman-like  package  manager for some Unices. It is a bash script
       provides a wrapper for system´s package manager.

OPTIONS

   Basic
       -h, --help
              print help message

       -P     print supported operations

       -V     print version information

   Query
       -Q     list all installed packages

       -Qc <package>
              show package´s changelog

       -Qi <package>
              print package status

       -Ql <package>
              list package´s files

       -Qm    list installed packages that aren´t available in any installation source

       -Qo <file>
              query package that provides <file>

       -Qp <file>
              query a package file (don´t use package database)

       -Qs <package>
              search for installed package

   Synchronize
       -S <package>
              install package(s)

       -Ss <package>
              search for packages

       -Su    upgrade the system

       -Sy    update package database

       -Suy   update package database, then upgrade the system

   Remove / Clean up
       -R <packages>
              remove some packages

       -Sc    delete old downloaded packages

       -Scc   delete all downloaded packages

       -Sccc  clean variant files. See also http://dragula.viettug.org/blogs/646

   Miscellaneous
       -w     download packages but don´t install them

       --noconfirm
              don´t wait for user´s confirmation

EXAMPLES

       1.  To install a package from Debian´s backports repository

           $ pacapt -S foobar -t lenny-backports
           $ pacapt -S -- -t lenny-backports foobar

       2.  To update package database and then update your system

           $ pacapt -Syu

       3.  To download a package without installing it

           $ pacapt -Sw foobar

AUTHOR

       This manual page  was  written  by  ChangZhuo  Chen  <czchen@debian.org>  for  the  Debian
       GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

                                            2016-07-25                                  PACAPT(1)