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View the commit online: https://git.dpkg.org/cgit/dpkg/dpkg.git/commit/?id=d49bf026f75fc1c493caee13a885eaec505768a7 commit d49bf026f75fc1c493caee13a885eaec505768a7 Author: Guillem Jover <[email protected]> AuthorDate: Mon Oct 23 01:48:22 2023 +0200 man: Update dpkg EXAMPLES section - Replace obsolete reference to elvis with neovim. - Use --print-avail instead of directly accessing the available db. - Update install example from an archive, by removing obsolete reference to the package section (not part of the archive pool structure anymore), installing directly w/o a prior change directory, and using a package modern package filename including the architecture. - Remove old --merge-avail method using an intermediate file. --- man/dpkg.pod | 29 +++++++++-------------------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/dpkg.pod b/man/dpkg.pod index 7effd8033..0b27bd2c8 100644 --- a/man/dpkg.pod +++ b/man/dpkg.pod @@ -1535,7 +1535,7 @@ To see the entries in I<%ADMINDIR%/available> of two packages: =over - dpkg --print-avail elvis vim | less + dpkg --print-avail vim neovim | less =back @@ -1543,26 +1543,26 @@ To search the listing of packages yourself: =over - less %ADMINDIR%/available + dpkg --print-avail | less =back -To remove an installed elvis package: +To remove an installed neovim package: =over - dpkg -r elvis + dpkg -r neovim =back -To install a package, you first need to find it in an archive or -media disc. The I<available> file shows that the vim package is in section -B<editors>: +To install a package, you first need to find it in an archive or media disc. +When using an archive based on a pool structure, +knowing the archive area and the name of the package is enough to infer +the pathname: =over - cd /media/bdrom/pool/main/v/vim - dpkg -i vim_4.5-3.deb + dpkg -i /media/bdrom/pool/main/v/vim/vim_9.0.2018-1_amd64.deb =back @@ -1585,17 +1585,6 @@ details), for example: =back -or with dpkg 1.17.6 and earlier: - -=over - - avail=$(mktemp) - apt-cache dumpavail >"$avail" - dpkg --merge-avail "$avail" - rm "$avail" - -=back - you can install it with: =over -- Dpkg.Org's dpkg
