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diff --git a/doc/index.txt b/doc/index.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 48510830..00000000 --- a/doc/index.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,261 +0,0 @@ -Pacman Home Page -================ - -A simple library-based package manager. - -Introduction ------------- -pacman is a utility which manages software packages in Linux. It uses simple -compressed files as a package format, and maintains a text-based package -database (more of a hierarchy), just in case some hand tweaking is necessary. - -pacman does not strive to "do everything." It will add, remove and upgrade -packages in the system, and it will allow you to query the package database for -installed packages, files and owners. It also attempts to handle dependencies -automatically and can download packages from a remote server. - -History -~~~~~~~ -Version 2.0 of pacman introduced the ability to sync packages (the '\--sync' -option) with a master server through the use of package databases. Prior to -this, packages would have to be installed manually using the '\--add' and -'\--upgrade' operations. - -Version 3.0 was the switch to a two-part pacman -- a back-end named libalpm -(library for Arch Linux Package Management) and the familiar pacman front-end. -Speed in many cases was improved, along with dependency and conflict resolution -being able to handle a much wider variety of cases. The switch to a -library-based program should also make it easier in the future to develop -alternative front ends. - -Version 4.0 added package signing and verification capabilities to the entire -makepkg/repo-add/pacman toolchain via GnuPG and GPGME. - -Version 5.0 added support for pre/post-transaction hooks and sync database file -list operations. - -Documentation -------------- - -Man Pages -~~~~~~~~~ -There are several man pages available for the programs, utilities, and -configuration files dealing with pacman. - -* linkman:alpm-hooks[5] -* linkman:PKGBUILD[5] -* linkman:libalpm[3] -* linkman:makepkg[8] -* linkman:makepkg.conf[5] -* linkman:pacman[8] -* linkman:pacman-key[8] -* linkman:pacman.conf[5] -* linkman:pkgdelta[8] -* linkman:repo-add[8] -* linkman:vercmp[8] - -Changelog -~~~~~~~~~ -For a good idea of what is going on in pacman development, take a look at the -link:https://projects.archlinux.org/pacman.git/[Git summary page] for the -project. - -See the most recent -link:https://projects.archlinux.org/pacman.git/tree/NEWS[NEWS] -file for a not-as-frequently-updated list of changes. However, this should -contain the biggest changes in a format more concise than the commit log. - - -Releases --------- - -[frame="none",grid="none",options="autowidth",cols="3*a"] -|====== -| -[frame="topbot",grid="none",options="header,autowidth"] -!====== -!Version !Date -!5.0.1 !2016-02-23 -!5.0.0 !2016-01-30 -!4.2.1 !2015-02-20 -!4.2.0 !2014-12-19 -!4.1.2 !2013-06-18 -!4.1.1 !2013-05-07 -!4.1.0 !2013-04-01 -!4.1.0rc1 !2013-03-09 -!4.0.3 !2012-04-07 -!4.0.2 !2012-02-11 -!4.0.1 !2011-11-20 -!4.0.0 !2011-10-13 -!4.0.0rc2 !2011-09-22 -!4.0.0rc1 !2011-08-11 -!3.5.4 !2011-08-10 -!3.5.3 !2011-06-07 -!3.5.2 !2011-04-18 -!3.5.1 !2011-03-23 -!3.5.0 !2011-03-16 -!3.4.3 !2011-01-22 -!3.4.2 !2010-12-29 -!3.4.1 !2010-09-03 -!3.4.0 !2010-06-16 -!3.3.3 !2009-11-10 -!3.3.2 !2009-10-05 -!3.3.1 !2009-09-22 -!3.3.0 !2009-08-02 -!3.2.2 !2009-01-05 -!3.2.1 !2008-08-26 -!3.2.0 !2008-07-30 -!3.1.4 !2008-04-01 -!====== -| -[frame="topbot",grid="none",options="header,autowidth"] -!====== -!Version !Date -!3.1.3 !2008-03-06 -!3.1.2 !2008-02-20 -!3.1.1 !2008-01-20 -!3.1.0 !2008-01-09 -!3.0.6 !2007-09-16 -!3.0.5 !2007-06-17 -!3.0.4 !2007-05-08 -!3.0.3 !2007-04-28 -!3.0.2 !2007-04-23 -!3.0.1 !2007-04-04 -!3.0.0 !2007-03-25 -!2.9.8 !2006-02-02 -!2.9.7 !2005-09-16 -!2.9.7-TEST3 !2005-09-11 -!2.9.7-TEST2 !2005-09-07 -!2.9.7-TEST !2005-08-19 -!2.9.6 !2005-06-10 -!2.9.5 !2005-01-11 -!2.9.4 !2004-12-20 -!2.9.3 !2004-12-19 -!2.9.2 !2004-09-25 -!2.9.1 !2004-09-25 -!2.9 !2004-09-18 -!2.8.4 !2004-08-23 -!2.8.3 !2004-08-04 -!2.8.2 !2004-07-22 -!2.8.1 !2004-07-17 -!2.8 !2004-07-03 -!2.7.9 !2004-04-30 -!2.7.8 !2004-04-29 -!====== -| -[frame="topbot",grid="none",options="header,autowidth"] -!====== -!Version !Date -!2.7.7 !2004-04-15 -!2.7.6 !2004-04-04 -!2.7.5 !2004-03-02 -!2.7.4 !2004-02-18 -!2.7.3 !2004-02-07 -!2.7.2 !2004-01-04 -!2.7.1 !2003-12-21 -!2.7 !2003-11-25 -!2.6.4 !2003-10-17 -!2.6.3 !2003-10-01 -!2.6.2 !2003-09-29 -!2.6.1 !2003-09-15 -!2.6 !2003-09-03 -!2.5.1 !2003-07-12 -!2.5 !2003-05-30 -!2.4.1 !2003-04-19 -!2.4 !2003-04-11 -!2.3.2 !2003-03-17 -!2.3.1 !2003-03-14 -!2.3 !2003-02-27 -!2.2 !2002-12-11 -!2.1 !2002-09-16 -!2.0 !2002-08-09 -!1.23 !2002-04-30 -!1.22 !2002-04-12 -!1.21 !2002-04-03 -!1.2 !2002-03-18 -!1.1 !2002-03-10 -!1.0 !2002-02-25 -!====== - -|====== - -Source code for all releases is available at -link:https://sources.archlinux.org/other/pacman/[]. To install, download the newest -available source tarball, unpack it in a directory, and run the three magic -commands: - - $ ./configure - $ make - # make install - -You may wish to read the options presented by `./configure --help` in order to -set appropriate paths and build options that are correct for your system. - -Development ------------ - -Mailing List -~~~~~~~~~~~~ -There is a mailing list devoted to pacman development, hosted by Arch Linux. -link:https://mailman.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/pacman-dev/[Subscribe] or -link:https://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/pacman-dev/[view the archives]. - -Source Code -~~~~~~~~~~~ -Development of pacman is currently done in Git. The central repository is -hosted by Arch Linux, although some of the developers have their own trees (ask -on the above mailing lists if you are interested in finding the locations of -these trees). - -The current development tree can be fetched with the following command: - - git clone git://projects.archlinux.org/pacman.git pacman - -which will fetch the full development history into a directory named pacman. -You can browse the source as well using -link:https://projects.archlinux.org/pacman.git/[cgit]. HTTP/HTTPS URLs are also -available for cloning purposes; these URLs are listed at the above page. - -If you are interested in hacking on pacman, it is highly recommended you join -the mailing list mentioned above, as well as take a quick glance at our -link:HACKING.html[HACKING] document. -link:submitting-patches.html[submitting-patches] is also a recommended read. - -Not as familiar with code as you'd like to be, but still want to help out? If -you speak a foreign language, you can help by either creating or updating a -translation file for your native language. Instructions can be found in -link:translation-help.html[translation-help]. - -Other Utilities -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Although the package manager itself is quite simple, many scripts have been -developed that help automate building and installing packages. These are used -extensively in link:https://www.archlinux.org/[Arch Linux]. Most of these utilities -are available in the Arch Linux projects -link:https://projects.archlinux.org/[code browser]. - -Utilities available: - -* link:https://projects.archlinux.org/abs.git/[abs] - ABS (Arch Build System), scripts to download & use the Arch Linux PKGBUILD tree -* link:https://projects.archlinux.org/dbscripts.git/[dbscripts] - scripts used by Arch Linux to manage the main package repositories -* link:https://projects.archlinux.org/devtools.git/[devtools] - tools to assist in packaging and dependency checking -* link:https://projects.archlinux.org/namcap.git/[namcap] - a package analysis utility written in python -* link:https://projects.archlinux.org/srcpac.git/[srcpac] - a bash build-from-source pacman wrapper - -Bugs ----- -If you find bugs (which is quite likely), please email them to the pacman-dev -mailing last at mailto:pacman-dev@archlinux.org[] with specific information -such as your command-line, the nature of the bug, and even the package database -if it helps. - -You can also post a bug to the Arch Linux bug tracker -link:https://bugs.archlinux.org/index.php?project=3[Flyspray]. Be sure to file -bugs under the Pacman project. - -Copyright ---------- -pacman is Copyright (C) 2006-2018 Pacman Development Team -<pacman-dev@archlinux.org> and Copyright (C) 2002-2006 Judd Vinet -<jvinet@zeroflux.org> and is licensed through the GNU General Public License, -version 2 or later. |