EXPLODEPKG
Section: Maintenance Commands (8)
Updated: 21 May 1994
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NAME
explodepkg - Extract the contents of a tar+GNUzip package (such as a Slackware
software package) in the current directory.
SYNOPSIS
explodepkg
package
[
package2,
package3,
...
]
DESCRIPTION
explodepkg
uncompresses and untars Slackware *.tgz packages, or any archive
that was created by
compressing a tarfile with GNU zip, in the current directory. It is not usually
used to install packages, since it doesn't execute the installation scripts
in ./install or ./var/adm/setup. The primary use for
explodepkg
is in package maintenance - exploding a package in a subdirectory, making fixes
to it or upgrading the software, and then building the updated package with
makepkg.
AUTHOR
Patrick J. Volkerding <volkerdi@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu>
SEE ALSO
tar(1),
gzip(1),
installpkg(8),
makepkg(8),
pkgtool(8),
setup(8)
Index
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