Ray Rashif [Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 10:57:40AM +0800]: > On 13 June 2010 09:45, Ivan S. Freitas <ivansichfrei...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> How to use makepkg correctly > >> (Running it for pacman-git's PKGCONFIG results in > >> ==> ERROR: Install file (pacman.install) does not exist.) > >> > >> How to install a package from a file > >> One finds this on the wiki, but I would prefer to have it > >> available offline > >> > >> How to upgrade your system > >> How to remove a package > >> How to downgrade a package > >> > >> That's not much for now, but having examples gives a better and > >> faster insight into the application (git devs did that pretty good). > > > > Can I sugest the pacman tips available in the wiki? > > http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman_Tips#Aliases > > I don't think those would be wise additions to a manual. > > Example(s): > > pacman -S package - install a package
That wasn't meant, although I don't consider it harmful,
because "sync" is probably not what one associates with "install"
in general.
If you reread my post above, you'll notice that I refer
pacman -U /path/to/pkg, which is absolutely not obvious for
a newbie.
> And stuff like the above are a waste over what is already obvious from
> the manual anyway.
Not sure whether I can agree with this statement - if there's one person
repoting to not understanding the manual, there are probably hundreds
more who haven't reported, and thus its worth to add information.
> The downgrade one..you could probably forget about it as well. The
> only helpful example with regards to usage would be nested commands
> which not everyone is aware of, I would guess:
>
> pacman -S package1-{foo,bar1-{one,two}}
>
> But, good examples are good examples, if you can come up with them :)
I'll probably add some ideas to a git repo and let me blame for the
proposed ideas afterwards, so no confusion comes up.
Nico
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