pkgadd(8)

NAME
pkgadd - install software package

SYNOPSIS
pkgadd [options] <file>

DESCRIPTION
pkgadd is a package management utility, which installs a software package. A package is an archive of files (.pkg.tar.gz).

OPTIONS

-u, --upgrade
    Upgrade/replace package with the same name as <file>.

-f, --force
    Force installation, overwrite conflicting files. If the package that is about to be installed contains files that are already installed this option will cause all those files to be overwritten. This option should be used with care, preferably not at all.

-r, --root <path>
    Specify alternative installation root (default is "/"). This should not be used as a way to install software into e.g. /usr/local instead of /usr. Instead this should be used if you want to install a package on a temporary mounted partition, which is "owned" by another system. By using this option you not only specify where the software should be installed, but you also specify which package database to use.

-v, --version
    Print version and exit.

-h, --help
    Print help and exit.

CONFIGURATION
pkgadd is configured by the file /etc/pkgadd.conf. This file can contain rules, that are built out of three fragments: event, pattern and action. The event describes in what kind of situation this rule applies. Currently there are two types of events: UPGRADE and INSTALL. UPGRADE rules are applied when a package is installed over an existing version, and INSTALL rules are applied in any case. The pattern is a regular expression. The action applicable to both the UPGRADE and INSTALL event is YES and NO. More than one rule of the same event type is allowed, in which case the first rule will have the lowest priority and the last rule will have the highest priority. Example:
UPGRADE         ^etc/.*$                NO
UPGRADE         ^var/log/.*$            NO
UPGRADE         ^etc/X11/.*$            YES
UPGRADE         ^etc/X11/XF86Config$    NO
The above example will cause pkgadd to never upgrade anything in /etc/ or /var/log/ (subdirectories included), except files in /etc/X11/ (subdirectories included), unless it is the file /etc/X11/XF86Config. The default rule is to upgrade/install everything, rules in this file are exceptions to that rule. (NOTE! A pattern should never contain an initial "/" since you are referring to the files in the package, not the files on the disk.) If pkgadd finds that a specific file should not be upgraded it will install it under /var/lib/pkg/rejected/. The user is then free to examine/use/remove that file manually.

FILES

/etc/pkgadd.conf
    Configuration file.

SEE ALSO
pkgrm(8), pkginfo(8), pkgmk(8), rejmerge(8)

COPYRIGHT
pkgadd (pkgutils) is Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Per Liden and Copyright (c) 2006-2010 CRUX team (http://crux.nu). pkgadd (pkgutils) is licensed through the GNU General Public License. Read the COPYING file for the complete license.