pkg is a minimal package manager focused on simplicity and efficiency. Everything is compiled from source, and it bridges the distribution gap using translator, a multi-lingual translator that converts package info from one manager (ex, pacman or AUR) to pkg.
pkg is a package manager similar to something like portage(emerge) in that it compiles nearly everything from scratch (excluding binary-based translated packages, such as those from pacman).
pkg install is the command you will probably being using the most. The general workflow of pkg goes something like this:
- User runs
pkg install $(PNAME) <-L $(LOCATION)> pkggets the$(PNAME)package info from the specifed location (-Lflag aka--Loc)pkgrepeats 2 for all dependencies that aren't installed or updated to required versionspkgruns the build script, and then takes the compiled binary and by default puts it in/usr/local/bin.- Installation is completed.
Some general useful flags include:
-U- Use flag, used to letpkgknow what optional services it should be building for-L- Letspkgknow what repo to look in (default ispkg)--CF- Compiler flags, is appended to the generated flags made by the build--CFo---CFoexcept it doesn't append the flags, it overrides them--Od- Duplicate output to a specified directory--O- redirect output-P- list of different patches you want to run on the program-V- download a specific version
Download the package and package data without compiling it.
Useful flags:
-P - run a patch after download
Add a downloaded package to build build queue.
Flags:
-V - version
Update the package to the newest version or the version specified with -V
Flags:
uses the same flags as install