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lt - link trees, a package management tool
lt [-nuilaqfv] [-t tdir] [afile | dir ...]
lt is a package management tool, which can be used to install,
query, check, update and remove software packages. Each package is located
in its own directory, then symbolic links are used to make package files
accessible in traditional common location (/usr/local). No database is used,
and lt is simple and stateless.
- -v
- verbose mode:
print actions as they are run.
- -s
- silent mode: only errors are displayed.
- -n
- debug mode: print actions instead of run.
- -f
- force mode: ignore errors.
Otherwise, by default, lt exits at the first encountered error.
- -t tdir
- set target to tdir. By default, it is parent directory (..).
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-a
- list all packages, active (marked with *) or inactive (marked with -).
- -l afile
- print all the files belonging to the same package as afile.
- -q
afile
- print the package which file afile belongs to.
- -c dir
- check mode:
verify that all files belonging to given package dir are correctly installed.
- -i dir
- install mode: create symbolic links to
package dir content.
- -d dir
- delete mode: delete links instead of creating
them.
- -u dir
- upgrade mode: for a given package, uninstall any conflicting
package, then install dir package.
Generic way to handle package meta-data.
This will allow package description, handling dependencies, ...
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LTPATH
- search path for package directories
Marc Vertes <mvertes@cimai.com>
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