README



    1 INTRODUCTION
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    3 pkg-get is a package / repository management tool for CRUX Linux.
    4 Syntax and features are very close (often a carbon copy)
    5 to the ones found in the port management tool 'prt-get'
    6 by Johannes Winkelmann.
    7 In fact pkg-get was developed as a prt-get/ports drop-in replacement
    8 for systems in which it is preferable to handle binary packages instead
    9 of compiling ports.
   10 
   11 
   12 ARCHITECTURE
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   14 The local machines sync metadata files (available packages,
   15 readme files, dependencies, etc) from a remote (http or ftp)
   16 OR a local path.
   17 Once the metadata is present on the local machine, the usual
   18 operations of installing, removing, getting info on packages
   19 are available.
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   21 
   22 QUICK START
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   24 Server:
   25   A repository can be generated using 'pkg-repgen' in a
   26   dir containing packages. It will take a while since md5sums
   27   have to be calculated.
   28 
   29 Client:
   30   Adjust settings in /etc/pkg-get.conf, then use the 'pkg-get sync' 
   31   command to gather metadata from the server (if remote). You can now
   32   use the commands as described in the manual, i.e.:
   33     
   34     pkg-get info apache
   35     pkg-get depinst kdebase
   36     pkg-get listinst
   37 
   38 See the manual page for a detailed list of commands and options.
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   40 
   41 REQUIREMENTS
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   43 For the client nothing outside the CRUX 'base' collection
   44 For the server, prt-get