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@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ installpkg \- install Slackware packages.
.B \--menu
]
[
+.B \--terse
+]
+[
.B \--ask
]
[
@@ -47,9 +50,9 @@ for use with the Slackware Linux distribution onto your system.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \--warn packagename
-Generate a report to the standard output about which files and directories
-would be removed or overwritten if you install the package, but do not
-actually install it.
+Generate a list of files that would be overwritten to the standard output, but do
+not actually install the package. The list is formatted in a suitable fashion to
+use as a list of files to backup.
.TP
.B \--md5sum packagename
Record the package md5sum in the metadata written in /var/log/packages.
@@ -67,6 +70,9 @@ Primarily used when installpkg is called from other scripts.
Use /bin/dialog to display a menu asking the user if they would like to install the
package(s) or not. Generally used when installpkg is called from other scripts.
.TP
+.B \--terse
+Install the package displaying only a single description line to stdout.
+.TP
.B \--ask
Used with -menu mode. When selected, always ask if a package should be
installed regardless of what the package's priority is.
@@ -81,6 +87,20 @@ the values set in the tagfile for the entire package list.
.B \--tagfile /somedir/tagfile
Specify a different file to use for package priorities (in this example, /somedir/tagfile
will be used). The default is "tagfile" in the package's directory.
+.SH EXAMPLES
+.TP
+.B Install a font package for X:
+.P
+installpkg font-bh-ttf-1.0.3-noarch-1.txz
+.P
+Note that if a package is already installed, upgradepkg(8) should be used instead.
+.TP
+.B Create a backup of the files that would be overwritten if the package is installed:
+.P
+.nf
+tar czvf /tmp/backup.tar.gz \\
+ $(installpkg --warn font-bh-ttf-1.0.3-noarch-1.txz)
+.fi
.SH AUTHOR
Patrick J. Volkerding <volkerdi@slackware.com>
.SH "SEE ALSO"