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Looking for a file within a given slackware distribution.

Hi: suppose you want to look for file foo belonging to the Slackware N.N distribution. Then either you make a full installation or N.N and look into /var/log/packages (grep) or you go to some Slackware index tree in the web and you traverse the tree node by node, which would be a great deal of work to do and therefor impracticable.

Now suppose further that you are not able, momentarily, to install N.N to your disk. Perhaps you have it now occupied by another O.S. or for whatever reason. So your only place where to look at is the N.N disk itself. In this disk your have PACKAGES.TXT and FILELIST.TXT. But neither of these will do. They list packages but not their contents.

So, in spite of having the disk, you arent able to know if foo is there or not or, in case you know it is, in which package. Is this really true?

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gpt-install

GPT-INSTALL(8)						User Contributed Perl Documentation					    GPT-INSTALL(8)

NAME

       gpt-install - Installs GPT packages.

SYNOPSIS

       gpt-install [options] [packages or bundles]

	 Options:
	    -verbose		  Print copious output
	    -help		  Print usage
	    -man		  Print man page.
	    -version		  Print GPT version.
	    -force		  Replace package no matter what.
	    -loose		  Replace a broader range of packages.
	    -installdir=PATH	  Override $GLOBUS_LOCATION.
	    -tmpdir=PATH	  Path to tmp disk space
	    [packages or bundles] List of binary packages and bundles to install.

DESCRIPTION

       gpt-install takes a GPT described package or bundle and installs it. The program can install either RPM's or GPT packages.

OPTIONS

       -force  forces all action to be taken, regardless of state.

       -tmpdir Place to unpack bundles.

       -installdir
	       Directory to which files shall be written. Default is $GLOBUS_LOCATION

       -loose  pgm packages can replace a pgm_static package (and vice versa) or a pgm package with a different flavor.

       -help   Print a brief help message and exits.

       -man    Prints the manual page and exits.

       -version
	       Prints the version of GPT and exits.

EXAMPLES

       For the command:

	 gpt-install foo-2.1-gcc32-pgm.tar.gz

	 foo-1.1-gcc32-pgm will be replaced.
	 foo-2.2-gcc32-pgm will B<not> be replaced. It is newer.
	 foo-1.1-vendorcc32-pgm will B<not> be replaced. Wrong flavor.
	 foo-1.1-gcc32-pgm_static will B<not> be replaced. Wrong package type
	 foo-2.2-gcc32-pgm_static will B<not> be replaced. Wrong package type

       For the command:

	 gpt-install -force foo-2.1-gcc32-pgm.tar.gz

	 foo-1.1-gcc32-pgm will be replaced.
	 foo-2.2-gcc32-pgm will be replaced.
	 foo-1.1-vendorcc32-pgm will B<not> be replaced. Wrong flavor
	 foo-1.1-gcc32-pgm_static will B<not> be replaced. Wrong package type
	 foo-2.2-gcc32-pgm_static will B<not> be replaced. Wrong package type

       For the command:

	 gpt-install -loose foo-2.1-gcc32-pgm.tar.gz

	 foo-1.1-gcc32-pgm will be replaced.
	 foo-2.2-gcc32-pgm will B<not> be replaced. It is newer.
	 foo-1.1-vendorcc32-pgm will be replaced.
	 foo-1.1-gcc32-pgm_static will be replaced.
	 foo-2.2-gcc32-pgm_static will B<not> be replaced. It is newer.

       For the command:

	 gpt-install -force -loose foo-2.1-gcc32-pgm.tar.gz

	 foo-1.1-gcc32-pgm will be replaced.
	 foo-2.2-gcc32-pgm will be replaced.
	 foo-1.1-vendorcc32-pgm will be replaced.
	 foo-1.1-gcc32-pgm_static will be replaced.
	 foo-2.2-gcc32-pgm_static will be replaced.

BUGS

       gpt-install currently does not honor static build numbers.  Instead it will replace any pgm_static package that is the same version or
       older.  For example:

	 gpt-install -force foo-2.1-2-gcc32-pgm_static.tar.gz

	 foo-1.1-5-gcc32-pgm_static will be replaced.
	 foo-2.1-1-gcc32-pgm_static will be replaced.
	 foo-2.1-5-gcc32-pgm_static will be replaced.
	 foo-2.2-1-gcc32-pgm_static will not be replaced.
	 foo-2.1-gcc32-pgm will not be replaced.

SEE ALSO

       gpt-uninstall(1) gpt-query(1) gpt-verify(1)

AUTHOR

       Michael Bletzinger <mbletzin.ncsa.uiuc.edu> and Eric Blau <eblau.ncsa.uiuc.edu>

perl v5.14.2							    2012-04-30							    GPT-INSTALL(8)