[pacman-dev] [PATCH 3/3] manpage: add real world examples

Xavier Chantry chantry.xavier at gmail.com
Wed Jun 30 16:23:25 EDT 2010


From: Nico Schottelius <nico at kr.ethz.ch>

Signed-off-by: Nico Schottelius <nico at kr.ethz.ch>
Signed-off-by: Xavier Chantry <chantry.xavier at gmail.com>
---
 doc/pacman.8.txt |   22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/pacman.8.txt b/doc/pacman.8.txt
index 3d14a42..e66e25c 100644
--- a/doc/pacman.8.txt
+++ b/doc/pacman.8.txt
@@ -415,6 +415,28 @@ 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/nico/ceofhack-0.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz::
+	Install ceofhack from a package file (as genererated by PKGBUILD from AUR).
+
+pacman -Syu::
+	Update package list and upgrade all packages afterwards.
+
+pacman -Syu gpm::
+	Update package list, upgrade all packages, and then install or upgrade gpm.
+
+pacman -Scc::
+	Remove *all* packages from cache (-Sc removes only uninstalled ones).
+
+
 Configuration
 -------------
 See linkman:pacman.conf[5] for more details on configuring pacman using the
-- 
1.7.1.1



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