PACPAL(1)							     PACPAL(1)



NAME
       pacpal - complementary tool to pacman for package management


SYNOPSIS
       pacpal [options]


DESCRIPTION
       Pacpal is intended to provide complementary functionality to pacman and
       facilitate system maintainence.


USAGE
       --display-update-info
	      Displays more information about pending package updates, such as
	      version changes and package repositories.

       --find-inc-pkgs, --find-incomplete-packages
	      Prints  out a list of packages which have missing files in their
	      file list. Use the "-v" or "--verbose" options to display a list
	      of the apparently missing files beneath each package.

       --find-provides <regex>
	      Searches	for  packages  with  "Provides"	 fields that match the
	      given regular expression.

       --find-conflicts <regex>
	      Searches for packages with "Conflicts With"  fields  that	 match
	      the given regular expression.

       --list-degrouped-pkgs [groups]
	      Prints  out  a list of local packages which belong to the speci‐
	      fied groups locally but not in the known repos. This  is	useful
	      for removing packages which are no longer part of a group.

       --list-exe <pkgs>
	      Prints  out  a  list of executable files for each package speci‐
	      fied.

       --list-missing-group-pkgs [groups]
	      Prints out a list of repo packages  which	 are  members  of  the
	      specified	 groups	 but not installed locally. This is useful for
	      keeping groups up-to-date.

       --list-repo-pkgs
	      Prints out a list of all installed packages currently  available
	      in  a repo. This can be useful if you want to rebuild your pack‐
	      age cache, e.g.:
	      powerpill -Sw $(pacpal --list-repo-pkgs)

       --list-unpkgd, --list-unpackaged [paths]
	      Prints out a list of all files on the given path(s) that do  not
	      belong  to a package. This could be used to find files left over
	      by manually installed programs after removal  or	if  the	 local
	      database	becomes	 corrupted.  The  interpretation of the output
	      should be very  careful.	Many  packages	generate  files	 after
	      they've  been  run  (e.g. log files, settings) and these will be
	      listed as well.

       -v, --verbose
	      Makes pacpal display more information  when  relevant.  What  is
	      relevant depends on the other options.


AUTHORS
       Xyne



				  April 2009			     PACPAL(1)