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poldek

NAME

poldek - package management helper tool

SYNOPSIS

 

 
 poldek  [OPTION...] [PACKAGE...]
 ipoldek  [OPTION...] [COMMAND...] [COMMAND_OPTION...] [PACKAGE...]
 
 

 

DESCRIPTION

 poldek is a full-featured packages management utility, basically designed to work with rpm packages. Basic features are similar to every modern package updater like apt-get. Program takes information about packages from package repositories (aka sources) and do package management tasks like installation, upgrading or removal.

This manual page contains only option reference, the full documentation for poldek is available as a Texinfo manual. Do info poldek to get it.

OPTIONS REFERENCE

Repository index creation

--mkidx[=PATH]

Create package index (under SOURCE-PATH by default)

--mt=TYPE[,TYPE]

Set created index type (use --stl to list available values)

--nodesc

Don't put package user-level information (like Summary or Description) into created index.

--nodiff

Don't create index delta files

--nocompress

Create uncompressed index

Repository selection

-s, --source=PATH

Get packages info from repository under PATH

-n, --sn=SOURCE-NAME

Get packages info from repository named SOURCE-NAME

--dn=SOURCE-NAME

Install to source SOURCE-NAME instead to the system

--st=SOURCE-TYPE

Set the source type (use --stl to list available values)

-P, --prefix=PREFIX

Get packages from PREFIX instead of SOURCE

Repository related actions

--stl

List available source types

-l, --sl

List configured sources

--update

Update the source and verify it

--update-whole

Update whole index of source

--clean

Remove source index files from cache directory

--clean-pkg

Remove cached packages of the source

--clean-whole

Remove all files belongs to source from cache directory

Package related options

--pset=FILE

Take package set definition from FILE

--caplookup

Look into package capabilities and files to resolve packages

Package installation

-i, --install

Install given packages

--reinstall

Reinstall given packages

--downgrade

Downgrade

-u, --upgrade

Upgrade given packages

Distribution installation/upgrade

--install-dist=DIR

Install package set under DIR as root directory

--upgrade-dist[=DIR]

Upgrade all packages needs upgrade

--reinstall-dist[=DIR]

Reinstall all packages under DIR as root directory

Installation switches

--hold=PACKAGE[,PACKAGE]...

 Prevent packages listed from being upgraded if they are already installed. If option is not set then packages to hold are taken from hold configuration option. Held package won't be upgraded with exception if it will be pointed directly by the user.  Example: .IP $ poldek --hold=kernel\*,dev ...  Configuration option: hold = PACKAGE[,PACKAGE]... 

--nohold

Do not hold any packages. Disables --hold settings.

--ignore=PACKAGE[,PACKAGE]...

 Make packages listed invisible to the program. If option is not set then packages to ignore are taken from ignore configuration option.  Example: .IP $ poldek --ignore=kernel\*-smp\*,foo  Configuration option: ignore = PACKAGE[,PACKAGE]... 

--noignore

Make invisibled packages visible. Disables --ignore settings.

-Q, --uniq

Remove package duplicates from available package list

--parsable-tr-summary

Print installation summary in parseable form

--force

Install packages ignoring broken dependencies, conflicts, etc

-t, --test

Do not install packages, but tell if it would work or not. Given once causes poldek's checks only, to perform full tests using rpm;, option must be given twice.

-F, --fresh

Upgrade packages, but only if an earlier version currently exists

-N, --nofollow

Don't install packages required by selected ones

--follow[=[yes|no]]

Install packages required by selected ones

--greedy[=[yes|no]]

 Automatically upgrade packages which dependencies are broken by uninstalled ones, for example if package foo is upgraded from version 1.0 to 1.2 and package foo-devel is already installed with requirement "foo = 1.0" then foo-devel will be upgraded to version 1.2 too.  Configuration option: greedy = [yes|no] 

--fetch[=DIR]

Download packages to DIR (poldek's cache directory by default)instead of install them

-r, --root=DIR

Set top directory to DIR

--nodeps

Install packages with broken dependencies

-m, --mercy

 Be tolerant for unmatched versioned dependencies which rpm; tolerates, e.g. package A requires capability foo >= 1.0 while package B provides "foo" without any version. Use with care.  Configuration option: mercy = [yes|no] 

--promoteepoch

Promote non-existent requirement's epoch to package's one (rpm; < 4.2.1 behaviour). Configuration option: promoteepoch = [yes|no]

--dump[=FILE]

Print packages file names to FILE (stdout by default) instead of install them

--dumpn[=FILE]

Print packages names to FILE (stdout by default) instead of install them

--justdb

Modify only the database

--pm-nodeps

Same as --nodeps but applied to PM (rpm) only

--pm-force

Same as --force but applied to PM (rpm) only)

--pmopt=OPTION

Pass option to package manager (rpm) binary. Example:

    $ poldek --pmopt=ignoreos
    

Package deinstallation

-e, --erase

Uninstall given packages

-t, --test

Do not remove, but tell if it would work or not

-N, --nofollow

Remove only selected packages

--nodeps

Ignore broken dependencies

--greedy[=[yes|no]]

Remove packages required by selected ones if possible

Verification options/switches

-V, --verify[=REPORT-TYPE...]

Verify package set, available reports are: 'deps', 'conflicts', 'file-conflicts', 'file-orphans' and 'file-missing-deps'. Default is 'deps'.

Splitting options

--split=SIZE[:FIRST_FREE_SPACE]

Split packages to SIZE MB size chunks, the first chunk will be FIRST_FREE_SPACE MB smaller

--priconf=FILE

Take package priorities from FILE

--split-out=PREFIX

Write chunks to PREFIX.XX, default PREFIX is 'packages.chunk'

Miscellaneous options

--pmcmd=FILE

Use FILE as PM(rpm) binary

--sudocmd=FILE

Use FILE as sudo binary

--cachedir=DIR

DIR points to directory where all downloaded files will be stored. If not set then $TMPDIR is used. If $TMPDIR is not set then $HOME/.poldek-cache is created and used as cache directory

--cmd

Run in command mode (like ipoldek does by default)

--ask

Confirm packages installation and let user choose among equivalent packages

--noask

Don't ask about anything

--shell

Run in interactive mode (default)

--skip-installed

Don't load installed packages at startup

--conf=FILE

Read configuration from FILE

--noconf

Do not read configuration

--upconf

Update remote configuration files (if any)

--version

Display program version information and exit

--log=FILE

Log program messages to FILE

--runas=USER

Run program as user USER

-O=OPTION=VALUE

Can be used to give options in the format used in the configuration file. This is useful for specifying options for which there is no separate command-line flag. Whitespaces in option names may be replaced with underscore '_' or dash '-' there, for example:

$ poldek -O keep-downloads=yes
 

-v

Be verbose.

-q

Do not produce any output.

SEE ALSO

 poldek.conf(1)