Ray Rashif [Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 10:57:40AM +0800]:
On 13 June 2010 09:45, Ivan S. Freitas <ivansichfreitas@gmail.com> wrote:
How to use makepkg correctly (Running it for pacman-git's PKGCONFIG results in ==> ERROR: Install file (pacman.install) does not exist.)
How to install a package from a file One finds this on the wiki, but I would prefer to have it available offline
How to upgrade your system How to remove a package How to downgrade a package
That's not much for now, but having examples gives a better and faster insight into the application (git devs did that pretty good).
Can I sugest the pacman tips available in the wiki? http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman_Tips#Aliases
I don't think those would be wise additions to a manual.
Example(s):
pacman -S package - install a package
That wasn't meant, although I don't consider it harmful, because "sync" is probably not what one associates with "install" in general. If you reread my post above, you'll notice that I refer pacman -U /path/to/pkg, which is absolutely not obvious for a newbie.
And stuff like the above are a waste over what is already obvious from the manual anyway.
Not sure whether I can agree with this statement - if there's one person repoting to not understanding the manual, there are probably hundreds more who haven't reported, and thus its worth to add information.
The downgrade one..you could probably forget about it as well. The only helpful example with regards to usage would be nested commands which not everyone is aware of, I would guess:
pacman -S package1-{foo,bar1-{one,two}}
But, good examples are good examples, if you can come up with them :)
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