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.TH EXPLODEPKG 8 "21 May 1994" "Slackware Version 2.0.0"
.SH NAME
explodepkg \- Extract the contents of a tar+compression package (such as a Slackware
software package) in the current directory.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B explodepkg
.BI package
.BI [ 
.BI package2, 
.BI package3, 
.BI ...
.BI ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B explodepkg
uncompresses and untars Slackware *.tgz (or .tbz, .tlz, .txz) packages (or any archive 
that was created by
compressing a tarfile with one of the supported compression utilities) in the current directory. It is not usually
used to install packages, since it doesn't execute the installation scripts 
in ./install or ./var/log/setup. The primary use for
.B explodepkg
is in package maintenance - exploding a package in a subdirectory, making fixes
to it or upgrading the software, and then building the updated package with
.B makepkg.
.SH AUTHOR
Patrick J. Volkerding <volkerdi@slackware.com>
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR tar(1),
.BR gzip(1),
.BR installpkg(8),
.BR makepkg(8),
.BR pkgtool(8), 
.BR upgradepkg(8)