Malin Freeborn
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input examples are now given as ```bash input $ARG1 ``` While outputs use md's '> ' sign as a quote.
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Search
Look for cowsay in the repository:
xbps-query --repository --search cowsay
Short version:
xbps-query -Rs cowsay
Search with regex:
xbps-query --regex -Rs 'cow(s)?\w'
List what's required for cowsay
xbps-query -x cowsay
What packages are orphaned (i.e. installed as a dependency for another package, which has since been removed)?
xbps-query -O
Show cowsay's dependencies.
xbps-query -x cowsay
This shows perl.
To see what else depends on perl:
xbps-query -X perl
List all manually installed software.
xbps-query -m
Install
Install cowsay
xbps-install cowsay
Upgrade current packages.
-R looks at repositories, -s makes a sloppy search (for rough matches).
xbps-install -Suv
Remove/ Uninstall
Remove cowsay
xbps-remove cowsay
...and all dependencies
xbps-remove -R cowsay
Remove all orphaned dependencies.
xbps-remove -o
Show information about cowsay
Fixes
Reinstall cowsay
xbps-install -f cowsay
Look for broken packages.
sudo xbps-pkgdb -a
And if you've found any, you might reconfigure all packages forcefully:
sudo xbps-reconfigure -af