The "Installation instructions" heading on the
right details the installation of the pkgutils
package. Once installation is complete, the pkgutils
software will have been installed to
"/opt/TWWfsw/pkgutils16 " with links to the binaries in
/opt/TWWfsw/bin and links to the man pages in
/opt/TWWfsw/man .
The pkgutils suite contains tools to assist in
configuring, installing, managing, and upgrading an installation. The
following utilities are provided:
chk-pkg-updates |
Check for new releases relative to what is installed. |
pkg-info |
List installed packages, packages from a repository, package
information, and what packages have common links associated with
them. |
pkg-inst |
Installs and upgrades packages available in a local or
remote repository. pkg-inst is the preferred method
of installing packages, regardless of the package management system
being used. |
pkg-links |
Install and remove links to common bin, info, and man
directories after installation of a package. |
pkg-mirror |
Mirrors packages from our repository to a local repository
for quicker installation. |
pkg-rm |
Removes packages installed with the
pkg-inst tool, regardless of the package management
system being used. |
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