The jwiki article on jpkg (see link supplied below) says, "The jpkg verb provides console access to the functionality of Package Manager."
A quick look at the install verb (type install to see it) suggests it provides access to some but not all of that functionality. For jpkg details please see the jwiki link supplied below. On 11/6/2011 9:09 PM, Andrew Pennebaker wrote: > Oh, my mistake: I thought jpkg was an executable for managing J packages. > > Why use the jpkg verb when the install verb does the same thing? > > Cheers, > > Andrew Pennebaker > www.yellosoft.us > > On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 6:59 PM, Kip Murray<k...@math.uh.edu> wrote: > >> I'm coming in late, so may be missing what Andrew's question is. There >> is no binary for jpkg -- it is a verb defined in the script >> >> ~system/util/pacman.ijs >> >> On my Windows 7 32-bit system that translates to >> >> c:/users/kip murray/j701/system/util/pacman.ijs >> >> Below are the verb jpkg and its cover jpkg_z_ , copied from the above >> script. More important than the verbs themselves may be the question, >> how did I find them? The answer is, I knew from examples in >> >> http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/JAL/Package%20Manager/jpkg/ >> >> that the first step for using jpkg in the J console is to do >> >> load 'pacman' >> >> That told me to look in noun Public_j_ (just type its name) to see the >> file name for pacman (which I give above). (I can never remember the >> spelling of Public_j_ so I used names_j_'' to find the spelling.) Then >> look through script pacman.ijs to find the two verbs. For what it's >> worth here are the two verbs. >> >> jpkg=: 4 : 0 >> select. x >> case. 'history';'manifest' do. >> x showfiles_console y >> case. 'install' do. >> install_console y >> case. 'reinstall' do. >> remove_console y >> install_console y >> case. 'remove' do. >> remove_console y >> case. ;:'show search showinstalled shownotinstalled showupgrade >> status' do. >> x show_console y >> case. 'update' do. >> updatejal '' >> case. 'upgrade' do. >> upgrade_console y >> case. do. >> msg=. 'Valid options are:',LF >> msg=. msg,' history, install, manifest, remove, reinstall, show, >> search,',LF >> msg=. msg,' showinstalled, shownotinstalled, showupgrade, status,',LF >> msg,' update, upgrade' >> end. >> ) >> jpkg_z_=: 3 : 0 >> 'help' jpkg y >> : >> a=. conew 'jpacman' >> res=. x jpkg__a y >> destroy__a'' >> res >> ) >> >> >> On 11/6/2011 4:43 PM, Björn Helgason wrote: >>> While the package manager is active you will find the jpkg verb active in >>> the z locale >>> >>> 2011/11/6 Andrew Pennebaker<andrew.penneba...@gmail.com> >>> >>>> jpgk may be installed by default, but the binary isn't added to PATH, >> and I >>>> can't find where the jpkg binary is, in any case. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Andrew Pennebaker >>>> www.yellosoft.us >>>> >>>> On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 6:30 PM, Ric Sherlock<tikk...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 8:21 AM, Ric Sherlock<tikk...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>>>>> On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 7:20 AM, Andrew Pennebaker >>>>>> <andrew.penneba...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> \> I tried using the J GUI to install the base library, but by >> default, >>>>> gtkide >>>>>>> isn't installed. It says to install 'gtkide', so that's what I did. >>>>>> >>>>>> You can also use the GUI in the JHS interface to install addons (i.e. >>>>>> it is not necessary to install GTK to use a GUI). I'd encourage you to >>>>>> update the Wiki where you believe clarification is needed. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I've made some changes to the following pages on the wiki, would they >>>>> have clarified things for you or is something still unclear? >>>>> >>>>> http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/JAL/Package%20Manager >>>>> http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/JAL/User%20Guide >>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >>>>> >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
