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.TH PKGTOOL 8 "21 May 1994" "Slackware Version 2.0.0"
.SH NAME
pkgtool \- software package maintenance tool.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B pkgtool
.LP
.B pkgtool
[
.B -sets #a#b#c#
]
[
.B -source_mounted
]
[
.B -ignore_tagfiles
]
[
.B -source_dir directory
]
[
.B -target_dir directory
]
[
.B -source_device directory
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B pkgtool
is the standard package maintenance tool provided with the Slackware Linux 
distribution. It is called by the
.B setup
utility to perform system installation. It can also be called without any
arguments, and will then allow the user to install, remove, (or view, in
the case of the color version) software packages through an interactive
menu system. There are two versions of the
.B pkgtool
utility - 
.B /sbin/pkgtool.tty
and
.B /usr/lib/setup/cpkgtool.
These function in a similar fashion, but the first one uses standard tty text
output, while the second uses full screen (and possibly color) ncurses output.
The color version depends on the presence of the 
.B /usr/lib/terminfo
terminal library.
.SH OPTIONS
Most users will not want to use any options when running
.B pkgtool.
These are generally used only when
.B pkgtool
is run by
.B setup. 
Feel free to try them, but be careful.
.TP
.B \-sets #A#B#C#
Install the disk sets A, B, C. Seperate the disk set names by '#' symbols.
.TP
.B \-source_mounted
When this flag is present, 
.B pkgtool
will not attempt to unmount and remount the source device with each disk.
.TP
.B \-ignore_tagfiles
When this flag is present, 
.B pkgtool
will install every *.tgz package encountered no matter what the tagfiles say.
.TP
.B \-source_dir directory
Used when installing multiple packages from disk sets. This is the directory
in which the subdirectories for each disk are found. This isn't used when
installing from floppy.
.TP
.B \-target_dir directory
The directory where the target root directory is located. This is '/' when 
installing on the hard drive, or typically '/mnt' when installing from an
install disk.
.TP
.B \-source_device device
The source device to install from. This is not used if you've provided the
.B \-source_mounted
flag. It's usually used when installing from floppy, as in:
 \-source_device /dev/fd0H1440
or
 \-source_device /dev/fd1h1200.
.SH AUTHOR
Patrick J. Volkerding <volkerdi@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu>
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR makepkg(8),
.BR explodepkg(8),
.BR installpkg(8),
.BR removepkg(8),
.BR setup(8)