.Dd June 3, 2012 .Os Void GNU/Linux .Dt xbps-bin 8 .Sh NAME .Nm xbps-bin .Nd XBPS command for binary packages .Sh SYNOPSYS .Nm xbps-bin .Op options .Op target .Op pkgname(s)|pkgpattern(s) .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm command is used to handle binary packages created for the XBPS binary package system. You can use it to install, remove, update, list or show information about any binary package. Binary packages can be installed from .Em local (directories) or .Em remote repositories (http, https or ftp), see .Xr xbps-repo 8 for information about repositories. .Sh OPTIONS .Bl -tag -width Fl .It Fl A Sets the .Em automatic-install boolean object for a package, therefore explicitly setting that package was installed as it were a dependency, even if it is not. Use of this option takes effect in the .Em dist-upgrade , .Em install and .Em update targets. Targetted packages and its required dependencies will be matched. .It Fl C Ar conffile Full path to the XBPS configuration file. By default set to .Pa /etc/xbps/xbps.conf . .It Fl c Ar cachedir Sets the .Em cache directory to store downloaded binary packages from remote repositories. By default set to .Pa /var/cache/xbps . .It Fl d Enables extra debugging output to be shown to stderr. .It Fl D Only show the URLs to download the binary packages from repositories. This is useful if you want to download them by other means, and later you can move them to the cachedir to start the installation. This option can be used for the install, update and dist-upgrade targets. .It Fl F Used currently in the .Em remove target. If set, package will be removed even if other packages are currently depending on it, i.e package is a dependency of any other installed package. .It Fl f Used currently in the .Em install , .Em reconfigure and .Em remove targets. If set, package(s) will be reconfigured regardless of its state in .Em reconfigure target, or to .Em force removal of package files even if its hash does not match in the .Em remove target. If set, package(s) will be reinstalled even if its state is .Em installed when used with the .Em install target. .It Fl M Sets the .Em automatic-install boolean object for package to false, therefore explicitly setting that package was installed manually by the user. Use of this option takes effect in the .Em dist-upgrade , .Em install and .Em update targets and target packages and its required dependencies will be matched. .It Fl n Enables dry-run mode. To show the actions that would be executed in a transaction. This mode takes effect in the .Em remove-orphans , .Em dist-upgrade , .Em install , .Rm remove and .Em update targets. .It Fl o Ar key Op key2,... Used currently in the .Em show target. Prints the value of specified key(s) from package's properties dictionary. Multiple keys can be specified delimited by the comma character. .It Fl R Used currently in the .Em remove target. If set, recursively removes packages that are not required by any other installed package and that were installed by the package that we want to remove. .It Fl r Ar rootdir Sets the .Em root directory. By default the root directory is set to .Em / . Please note that the database directory is always set to .Pa /var/db/xbps independently of rootdir setting. So if you use a rootdir of .Pa /blah , metadata stuff will go into .Pa /blah/var/db/xbps . .It Fl S Sync remote repository index files before executing the target. Used currently in the .Em dist-upgrade , .Em install and .Em update targets. .It Fl v Shows verbose messages. Useful while installing and removing packages. .It Fl y Assume .Em yes to all questions. This will bypass all questions and immediately proceed with the task. .It Fl V Shows the current XBPS release version (version, API, index). .Sh TARGETS Please note that all targets are case insensitive. .Pp .Bl -tag -width ident .It Sy check Ar pkgname | Ar all Checks for integrity errors in installed packages. The checks are to found missing run-time dependencies, missing and modified package files and metadata files. If the all keyword is used, all packages currently installed will be checked, otherwise just pkgname. .It Sy dist-upgrade Updates all currently installed packages to the newest version available in all repositories. .It Sy find-files Ar pattern Ar [patterns ...] Prints the name of the installed .Em package(s) matching the pattern on its file list. Multiple patterns can be specified as arguments. .It Sy install Ar pkgname(s) | Ar pkgpattern(s) Install binary package(s) from repository pool by specifying .Em pkgname(s) or .Em package pattern(s) . Three different ways exist to install packages: by specifying just the .Em package name , the best available version from repositories will be installed; by specifying a .Em package pattern with '>' '<' '>=' or '<=' .Em ( foo>=2.0 ) or by specifying an exact package version delimited by the equal sign, i.e .Em ( foo=1.0) . The first repository matching the arguments will be used. The package(s) will be .Em downloaded (if found in a remote repository), .Em unpacked and .EM configured . The .Em unpack stage will execute the pre-install action on its INSTALL script, and unpack its files. The .Em configure stage will run the post-install action set on its INSTALL script and will change its .Em state to installed in the package database. .It Sy list Op state Lists all currently installed packages. Optionally another argument can be specified to list only packages with the specified .Op state . By default only packages fully installed will be listed if .Em state has not been specified. Accepted states are: .Em half-removed , .Em half-unpacked , .Em installed and .Em unpacked . .It Sy list-manual Lists packages that were installed manually by the user, i.e not as dependencies of any other package. .It Sy reconfigure Ar pkgname | Ar all Reconfigure an unpacked package. Packages in this state are not fully installed, because they were not configured for whatever reason. The configure stage will run the post-install action set on its INSTALL script and will change its state to installed in the package database. The .Em all keyword can be used to reconfigure all not configured packages. If .Ql -f option is used, the package will be reconfigured even if its state is already installed. .It Sy remove Ar pkgname(s) Removes the installed package .Em pkgname(s) . Files not matching the original SHA256 hash will be preserved. If .Ql -f option is used, package files will be .Em removed even if its SHA256 hash don't match . .It Sy remove-orphans Removes package orphans. These packages were installed as dependencies and currently there is not any package depending on it, directly or indirectly. Usually it is safe to always answer yes. .It Sy show Ar pkgname Shows information for installed package .Em pkgname . This will print the size it takes in filesystem, description, maintainer, architecture and other useful information. .It Sy show-deps Ar pkgname Shows the list of dependencies that .Em pkgname requires at run time. .It Sy show-files Ar pkgname Shows the list of files that .Em pkgname contains. .It Sy show-orphans Shows the list of package orphans currently installed. Package orphans are packages that were installed as dependencies of another package, but no other package currently depends on. .It Sy show-revdeps Ar pkgname Shows the reverse dependencies for .Em pkgname . Reverse dependencies are packages that are currently depending in .Em pkgname directly. .It Sy update Ar pkgname(s) Updates .Em pkgname(s) to the most newer version available in repository pool. This can be used if only .Em pkgname(s) need to be updated, unlike the .Em dist-upgrade target that will update all currently installed packages. .Sh PACKAGE STATES A package can be in a different state while it is being .Em installed , .Em removed , .Em unpacked or .Em configured . The following states are available: .Bl -tag -width ident .It Sy installed The package is fully installed, that means it was unpacked and configured correctly. .It Sy half-unpacked The package was being unpacked but didn't finish properly for unknown reasons. .It Sy unpacked The package has been unpacked in destination root directory, but it is not fully installed because it was not yet configured. Please note that some packages will do not work if they are only unpacked. .It Sy half-removed The package removal did not finish for unknown reasons (power outage, process killed, etc). The .Em purge action in its metadata REMOVE script has not been yet executed. The package metadata directory is still available and it is registered in package database. Packages in this state can be still removed. .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width /var/db/xbps/metadata//props.plist -compact .It Pa /etc/xbps/xbps.conf Default XBPS configuration file. .It Pa /var/db/xbps XBPS global metadata directory. .It Pa /var/db/xbps/metadata//files.plist Installed package metadata list of files. .It Pa /var/db/xbps/metadata//props.plist Installed package metadata properties. .It Pa /var/db/xbps/pkgdb.plist XBPS master package database plist file. .It Pa /var/cache/xbps XBPS cache directory for downloaded binary packages. .Sh EXAMPLES Install a package by specifying a .Em pkgname : .Pp .Dl $ xbps-bin install foo .Pp Install a package by specifying a .Em package pattern : .Pp .Dl $ xbps-bin install \*qfoo>=3.0\*q .Pp Install multiple packages by specifying .Em pkgnames and .Em package patterns : .Pp .Dl $ xbps-bin install foo \*qblah<=4.0\*q baz-2.0 \*qblob>4.[0-9]\*q .Pp Find the package that owns the file .Pa /bin/mount : .Pp .Dl $ xbps-bin find-files /bin/mount .Pp Find the packages that match the pattern .Pa "/usr/lib/libav*" : .Pp .Dl $ xbps-bin find-files \*q/usr/lib/libav*\*q .Pp Remove the package .Em proplib-devel without confirmation: .Pp .Dl $ xbps-bin -y remove proplib-devel .Pp Remove the package .Em bsdtar and .Em recursively all packages that were installed automatically by it: .Pp .Dl $ xbps-bin -R remove bsdtar .Pp .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr xbps-repo 8 , .Xr http://code.google.com/p/xbps .Sh AUTHORS .An Juan Romero Pardines .Sh BUGS Probably, but I try to make this not happen. Use it under your own responsability and enjoy your life. .Pp Report bugs in http://code.google.com/p/xbps.