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# --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
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#
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# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
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# Please add additional copyright information _after_ the line containing
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# the ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END tag. Otherwise it might get removed by
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# the ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch script. Do not edit this copyright text!
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#
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# ROCK Linux: rock-src/package/base/mine/pkg_management.faq15
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# ROCK Linux is Copyright (C) 1998 - 2003 Clifford Wolf
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#
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# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
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# (at your option) any later version. A copy of the GNU General Public
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# License can be found at Documentation/COPYING.
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#
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# Many people helped and are helping developing ROCK Linux. Please
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# have a look at http://www.rocklinux.org/ and the Documentation/TEAM
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# file for details.
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#
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# --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
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Q: How is package management working in ROCK Linux
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ROCK Linux has two binary package formats: *.gem files and plain *.tar.bz2
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files. The GEM package format is just an envelope for *.tar.bz2 packages.
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The program 'mine' is used to install, update and remove packages from the
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system. More information about 'mine' can be found at /usr/share/doc/mine.
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Some examples for using mine:
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mine -i xine.gem .............. install or update the 'xine' package
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mine -r xine .................. remove the 'xine' package
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mine -l xine.gem m4 ........... print file list for xine.gem and for
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the already installed m4 package
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mine -q ....................... list all installed packages
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The shell script 'tarbz2gem' can be used for creating a gem package from a
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tar.bz2 file. Extracting the tar.bz2 file from the gem package is possible
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with 'mine' itself. Examples:
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tarbz2gem xine.tar.bz2 xine.gem
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mine -k package_tarbz2 xine.gem > xine.tar.bz2
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The package metadata is stored in the /var/adm tree using plain ascii files.
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You should always run the script 'cron.run' after installing, updating or
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removing packages. This updates some important system files.
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