xbps-install —
XBPS utility to (re)install and update packages
xbps-install |
[OPTIONS] [PKG...] |
The xbps-install utility installs,
reinstalls, downgrades and updates packages in the target root directory.
The argument PKG is a package expression, which is
explained in the PACKAGE EXPRESSION section.
If package is installed, it will be updated to the version
available in repositories matching the PACKAGE EXPRESSION.
Otherwise it will be installed, or reinstalled/downgraded if
-f, --force option is
set.
A package expression is a form to match a pattern; currently xbps
supports 3 ways to specify them:
- by package name, i.e:
“foo”.
- by exact package name and version, i.e:
“foo-1.0_1”.
- by specifying a package name and version separated by any of the following
version comparators:
- < less
than
- >
greater than
- <=
less or equal than
- >=
greater or equal than
Example:
“foo>=2.0”.
The first repository matching the package expression wins.
An installed package can have some specific modes of operation.
Currently the following modes are available:
- hold
- The package is on hold mode. Packages in this mode won't be updated unless
it's explicitely declared to be updated. The only way to update packages
in this mode is by using the
-f,
--force option. To list packages in this mode use
xbps-query -H.
- manual
- The package is in manual mode of installation and won't be considered for
removal when running
xbps-remove
-o. To list packages in this mode use
xbps-query -m.
- repolock
- A package in repolock mode will only accept updates that are available in
the same repository that was used for installing. To list packages in this
mode use
xbps-query
--list-repolock-pkgs.
-A,
--automatic- Enables automatic installation mode, i.e. package will be treated as
orphan if no package is depending on it directly.
See
--mode
auto
in
xbps-pkgdb(1).
-C,
--config dir- Specifies a path to the XBPS configuration directory. If the first
character is not '/' then it's a relative path of
rootdir.
-c,
--cachedir dir- Specifies a path to the cache directory, where binary packages are stored.
If the first character is not '/' then it's a relative path of
rootdir.
-d,
--debug- Enables extra debugging shown to stderr.
-D,
--download-only- Only download packages to the cache, do not do any other installation
steps. This may be useful for doing system upgrades while offline, or
automatically downloading updates while leaving you with the option of
still manually running the update.
-f,
--force- Force installation (downgrade if package version in repos is less than
installed version), or reinstallation (if package version in repos is the
same) to the target PKG, overwriting regular package
files and symlinks (if they have been modified) but
preserving
configuration files. The only way to update packages on
hold mode is by using this flag. If
-f is specified twice all files will be unpacked,
even
configuration
files.
-h,
--help- Show the help message.
-I,
--ignore-file-conflicts- Ignore detected file conflicts in a transaction.
-i,
--ignore-conf-repos- Ignore repositories defined in configuration files. Only repositories
specified in the command line via --repository will
be used.
-M,
--memory-sync- For remote repositories, the data is fetched and stored in memory for the
current operation. Cached on-disk repository indexes of remote
repositories will be ignored.
-n,
--dry-run- Dry-run mode. Show what actions would be done but don't change any state
of the system. To use a fresh repository indexes use
-M for in memory sync.
The output will be a line for each action in the following
format:
<pkgver> <action> <arch>
<repository> <installedsize> <downloadsize>
-R,
--repository url- Appends the specified repository to the top of the list. The
url argument expects a URL to the repository for
remote repositories or a path for local repositories. Note that remote
repositories must be signed using
xbps-rindex(1). This option can be
specified multiple times.
--reproducible- Enables reproducible mode in pkgdb. The install-date
and repository package objects are not stored in
pkgdb.
--staging- Enables the use of staged packages from remote repositories.
-r,
--rootdir dir- Specifies a full path for the target root directory.
-S,
--sync- Synchronize remote repository index files.
-U,
--unpack-only- If set, packages to be installed or upgraded in the transaction won't be
configured, just unpacked. That means that those packages should be
reconfigured via
xbps-reconfigure(1).
-u,
--update- Performs a full system upgrade: all installed packages (except those on
hold, see
--mode hold
in
xbps-pkgdb(1)) will be updated to
the greatest versions that were found in repositories.
-v,
--verbose- Enables verbose messages.
-y,
--yes- Assume yes to most questions and avoid interactive questions. A prompt
will still be shown if the transaction requires trusting a new signing key
for packages. If you need to automate new installations, it is necessary
to add these keys to the system before installation, see
FILES.
-V,
--version- Show the version information.
- FORCE_IPV4
- Only use IPv4.
- FORCE_IPV6
- Only use IPv6.
- FTP_PASSIVE_MODE
- If set to anything else than no passive mode will be
set for the ftp connection.
- FTP_LOGIN
- User name to be set for ftp authentication.
- FTP_PASSWORD
- Password to be set for ftp authentication.
- FTP_PROXY
- Proxy URL that will be used to establish a ftp connection.
- HTTP_PROXY
- Proxy URL that will be used to establish a http connection.
- HTTP_PROXY_AUTH
- Sets the credentials to authenticate a user agent to a proxy server, in
the form user:pass.
- HTTP_AUTH
- Sets the credentials to authenticate to a http server, in the form
user:pass.
- HTTP_REFERER
- Overrides the default Referer http header.
- HTTP_USER_AGENT
- Override the default User-Agent http header.
- NO_PROXY
- Specifies a set of domains for which the proxy should not be consulted.
The contents is a comma-, or space-separated list of domain names. A
single asterisk will override all proxy variables and no transactions will
be proxied.
- SOCKS_PROXY
- Proxy URL that will be used to establish a socks connection.
- SSL_NO_VERIFY_HOSTNAME
- Disables SSL/TLS hostname verification.
- SSL_NO_VERIFY_PEER
- Disables SSL/TLS peer verification.
- SSL_CA_CERT_FILE
- Overrides the default CA certificates file, by default set to
/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt.
- SSL_CA_CERT_PATH
- Overrides the default CA certificates path, by default set to
/etc/ssl/certs.
- SSL_CLIENT_CERT_FILE
- Sets the SSL/TLS client verification certificate file.
- SSL_CLIENT_KEY_FILE
- Sets the SSL/TLS client verification key file.
- CONNECTION_TIMEOUT
- Sets connection timeout in milliseconds instead of default value of 5
minutes. When -1, waits indefinitely.
- XBPS_ARCH
- Overrides uname(2) machine result with
this value. Useful to install packages with a fake architecture
- XBPS_TARGET_ARCH
- Sets the target architecture to this value. This variable differs from
XBPS_ARCH in that it allows you to install packages
partially, because configuration phase is skipped (the target binaries
might not be compatible with the native architecture).
- XBPS_SYSLOG
- Overrides the xbps.d(5)
syslog=true|false
configuration option.
- /etc/xbps.d
- Default configuration directory.
- /usr/share/xbps.d
- Default system configuration directory.
- /var/db/xbps/.<pkgname>-files.plist
- Package files metadata.
- /var/db/xbps/pkgdb-0.38.plist
- Default package database (0.38 format). Keeps track of installed packages
and properties.
- /var/db/xbps/keys
- Default trusted keys directory.
- /var/cache/xbps
- Default cache directory to store downloaded binary packages.
xbps-alternatives(1),
xbps-checkvers(1),
xbps-create(1),
xbps-dgraph(1),
xbps-digest(1),
xbps-fbulk(1),
xbps-fetch(1),
xbps-pkgdb(1),
xbps-query(1),
xbps-reconfigure(1),
xbps-remove(1),
xbps-rindex(1),
xbps-uchroot(1),
xbps-uunshare(1),
xbps.d(5)