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authorNico Schottelius <nico@kr.ethz.ch>2010-07-01 09:07:04 +0200
committerDan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>2010-07-02 18:27:12 -0500
commit9ebb596805309076237cb5dd09836cfd2e38745d (patch)
tree897efdd24ebb3d1f6ea29a62e782aba07c4d77c1 /doc
parent5a3aae02fed68379b5ede7abc9c7675632ce403a (diff)
manpage: add real world examples
Signed-off-by: Nico Schottelius <nico@kr.ethz.ch> Signed-off-by: Xavier Chantry <chantry.xavier@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
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@@ -415,6 +415,25 @@ original=X, current=Y, new=Z::
necessary changes into the original file.
+Examples
+--------
+
+pacman -Ss ne.hack::
+ Search for regexp "ne.hack" in package database.
+
+pacman -S gpm::
+ Download and install gpm including dependencies.
+
+pacman -U /home/user/ceofhack-0.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz::
+ Install ceofhack-0.6-1 package from a local file.
+
+pacman -Syu::
+ Update package list and upgrade all packages afterwards.
+
+pacman -Syu gpm::
+ Update package list, upgrade all packages, and then install gpm if it
+ wasn't already installed.
+
Configuration
-------------
See linkman:pacman.conf[5] for more details on configuring pacman using the