Slackware 13.0slackware-13.0

Wed Aug 26 10:00:38 CDT 2009
Slackware 13.0 x86_64 is released as stable!  Thanks to everyone who
helped make this release possible -- see the RELEASE_NOTES for the
credits.  The ISOs are off to the replicator.  This time it will be a
6 CD-ROM 32-bit set and a dual-sided 32-bit/64-bit x86/x86_64 DVD.
We're taking pre-orders now at store.slackware.com.  Please consider
picking up a copy to help support the project.  Once again, thanks to
the entire Slackware community for all the help testing and fixing
things and offering suggestions during this development cycle.
As always, have fun and enjoy!  -P.

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+.\" -*- nroff -*-
+.ds g \" empty
+.ds G \" empty
+.\" Like TP, but if specified indent is more than half
+.\" the current line-length - indent, use the default indent.
+.de Tp
+.ie \\n(.$=0:((0\\$1)*2u>(\\n(.lu-\\n(.iu)) .TP
+.el .TP "\\$1"
+..
+.TH PKGTOOL 8 "24 Nov 1995" "Slackware Version 3.1.0"
+.SH NAME
+pkgtool \- software package maintenance tool.
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B pkgtool
+.LP
+.B pkgtool
+[
+.B --sets #a#b#c#
+]
+[
+.B --source_mounted
+]
+[
+.B --ignore_tagfiles
+]
+[
+.B --tagfile tagfile
+]
+[
+.B --source_dir directory
+]
+[
+.B --target_dir directory
+]
+[
+.B --source_device device
+]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B pkgtool
+is a menu-driven package maintenance tool provided with the Slackware Linux 
+distribution.  It allows the user to install, remove, or view
+software packages through an interactive
+system.  Pkgtool can also be used to re-run the menu-driven scripts normally
+executed at the end of a Slackware installation.  This is useful for doing
+basic reconfiguration (like changing the mouse type).
+.SH OPTIONS
+Most users will not want to use any options when running
+.B pkgtool.
+These are generally used only when
+.B pkgtool
+is run during the initial system installation.
+Feel free to try them, but be careful.
+.TP
+.B \--sets #A#B#C#
+Install the disk sets A, B, C. Seperate the disk set names by '#' symbols.
+.TP
+.B \--source_mounted
+When this flag is present, 
+.B pkgtool
+will not attempt to unmount and remount the source device with each disk.
+.TP
+.B \--ignore_tagfiles
+When this flag is present, 
+.B pkgtool
+will install every package encountered no matter what the tagfiles say.
+.TP
+.B \--tagfile tagfile
+This flag is used to specify from the command line which tagfile should be
+used for the installation.
+.TP
+.B \--source_dir directory
+Used when installing multiple packages from disk sets. This is the directory
+in which the subdirectories for each disk are found. This isn't used when
+installing from floppy.
+.TP
+.B \--target_dir directory
+The directory where the target root directory is located. This is '/' when 
+installing on the hard drive, or typically '/mnt' when installing from an
+install disk.
+.TP
+.B \--source_device device
+The source device to install from. This is not used if you've provided the
+.B \--source_mounted
+flag. It's usually used when installing from floppy, as in:
+ \--source_device /dev/fd0u1440
+or
+ \--source_device /dev/fd1h1200.
+.SH AUTHOR
+Patrick J. Volkerding <volkerdi@slackware.com>
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.BR makepkg(8),
+.BR explodepkg(8),
+.BR installpkg(8),
+.BR removepkg(8),
+.BR upgradepkg(8)