INSTALLPKG

NAME

installpkg − install Slackware and Tukaani compatible packages

SYNOPSIS

installpkg [−−warn] [−−quiet] [−−root /otherroot] packagename [packagename2 ...]

DESCRIPTION

installpkg installs a single or multiple binary packages designed for use with the Slackware Linux and compatible distributions. Compression method used in the package is detected from filename extension:

For more information of different package compression methods see makepkg(8).

If the packagename begins with http:// or ftp:// it is assumed to be an URL instead of a regular file. To use URLs with installpkg you need to have wget(1) installed.

installpkg never upgrades any packages. If a version of the package is already installed, installpkg installs the new package without removing the old package. Usually some files overlap between different versions of the same package. Overlapping files are always overwritten without warnings. To upgrade packages see upgradepkg(8). Note that upgradepkg can also install new packages, and at least for beginners it is recommended to use it for both installing and upgrading packages.

OPTIONS

−w, −−warn

Generate a report to the standard output about which files and directories would be removed or overwritten if you install the package(s). Do not actually install it.

−q, −−quiet

Supress all status messages during installation except wget download information. Critical error messages are still shown. If you want installpkg to be really quiet, redirect the output to /dev/null.

−g, −−gpg

Force the verification of GPG signatures overriding the options set in the configuration file. Only packages that have been signed with a known valid key are installed. The signature files have .asc extension; e.g. the signature file of foo-0.12-i486-1barney.tgz is foo-0.12-i486-1barney.tgz.asc.

−G, −−no-gpg

Forcibly disable the verfication of GPG signatures overriding the settings set in the configuration file.

−b /packages, −−base /packages

Specify a directory or URL which is prepended to every package name specified. This option can be useful if you have a list of full package names in a file and want to e.g. download and install all of them:
installpkg -b http://myserver/mypacks $(cat packagelist.txt)

−R /otherroot, −−root /otherroot

Install using a location other than / (the default) as the root of the filesystem to install on. In the example given, use /otherroot instead. Setting the ROOT environment variable does the same thing.

FILES

/etc/pkgtools/config

Configuration file. Documentation of all the configuration options have been put to pkgtool(8) section CONFIGURATION FILE.

/root/.gnupg/pubring.gpg

Trusted public keys. You can import keys with a command like gpg −−import GPG-KEY where GPG-KEY is a file containing one or more public keys that you trust.

ENVIRONMENT

BUGS

Use upgradepkg −−install−new instead of installpkg unless you have a special reason to use installpkg. Usually the reasons are limited to installing a new kernel package (to keep the old kernel still installed) and using the −−warn option.

installpkg does not check if a package with identical name is already installed and will silently overwrite its database entry. If the old package and new package have differences in their filelists, the files that no longer exist in the newer package will vanish from the package database. This issue will not be fixed to keep Slackware compability (advanced users might even like this ‘‘feature’’ and know how to use it properly).

AUTHORS

Original by Patrick J. Volkerding <volkerdi at slackware.com>

Revised for Tukaani Linux by Lasse Collin <lasse.collin at tukaani.org> and Ville Koskinen <w−ber at iki.fi>

SEE ALSO

pkgtool(8), installpkg(8), removepkg(8), upgradepkg(8), viewpkg(1), explodepkg(1), makepkg(1), convertpkg(1), slackrepo(1), wget(1), gpgv(1)