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diff --git a/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt b/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..89ca47f0 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt @@ -0,0 +1,135 @@ +pacman.conf(5) +============== + +NAME +---- +pacman.conf - pacman package manager configuration file + + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +Pacman, using manlink:libalpm[3], will attempt to read `pacman.conf` each +time it is invoked. This configuration file is divided into sections or +repositories. Each section defines a package repository that pacman can use +when searching for packages in `--sync` mode. The exception to this is the +options section, which defines global options. + + +EXAMPLE +------- +-------- +# +# pacman.conf +# +[options] +NoUpgrade = etc/passwd etc/group etc/shadow +NoUpgrade = etc/fstab + +[current] +Include = /etc/pacman.d/current + +[custom] +Server = file:///home/pkgs +-------- + + +OPTIONS +------- +DBPath = path/to/db/dir:: + Overrides the default location of the toplevel database directory. + The default is `var/lib/pacman`. + +CacheDir = path/to/cache/dir:: + Overrides the default location of the package cache directory. The + default is `var/cache/pacman`. + +HoldPkg = package ...:: + If a user tries to `--remove` a package that's listed in `HoldPkg`, + pacman will ask for confirmation before proceeding. + +IgnorePkg = package ...:: + Instructs pacman to ignore any upgrades for this package when performing + a `--sysupgrade`. + +Include = path:: + Include another config file. This file can include repositories or + general configuration options. + +XferCommand = /path/to/command %u:: + If set, an external program will be used to download all remote files. + All instances of `%u` will be replaced with the download URL. If present, + instances of `%o` will be replaced with the local filename, plus a + ".part" extension, which allows programs like wget to do file resumes + properly. + This option is useful for users who experience problems with built-in + http/ftp support, or need the more advanced proxy support that comes with + utilities like wget. + +NoPassiveFtp:: + Disables passive ftp connections when downloading packages. (aka Active Mode) + +NoUpgrade = file ...:: + All files listed with a `NoUpgrade` directive will never be touched during + a package install/upgrade. Do not include the leading slash when specifying + files. + +NoExtract = file ...:: + All files listed with a `NoExtract` directive will never be extracted from + a package into the filesystem. This can be useful when you don't want part + of a package to be installed. For example, if your httpd root uses an + index.php, then you would not want the index.html file to be extracted from + the apache package. + +UseSyslog:: + Log action messages through syslog(). This will insert log entries into + `/var/log/messages` or equivalent. + +LogFile = /path/to/file:: + Log actions directly to a file. Default is `/var/log/pacman.log`. + +ShowSize:: + Display the size of individual packages for `--sync` and `--query` modes. + + +Repository Sections +------------------- +Each repository section defines a section name and at least one location where +the packages can be found. The section name is defined by the string within +square brackets (the two above are 'current' and 'custom'). Locations are +defined with the `Server` directive and follow a URL naming structure. If you +want to use a local directory, you can specify the full path with a `file://` +prefix, as shown above. + +The order of repositories in the file matters; repositories listed first will +take precedence over those listed later in the file when packages in two +repositories have identical names, regardless of version number. + +Using Your Own Repository +------------------------- +If you have numerous custom packages of your own, it is often easier to generate +your own custom local repository than install them all with the `--upgrade` +option. All you need to do is generate a compressed package database in the +directory with these packages so pacman can find it when run with `--refresh`. + + repo-add /home/pkgs/custom.db.tar.gz /home/pkgs/*.pkg.tar.gz + +The above command will generate a compressed database named +`/home/pkgs/custom.db.tar.gz`. Note that the database must be of the form +`{treename}.db.tar.gz`, where `{treename}` is the name of the section defined in +the configuration file. That's it! Now configure your custom section in the +configuration file as shown in the config example above. Pacman will now use your +package repository. If you add new packages to the repository, remember to +re-generate the database and use pacman's `--refresh` option. + +For more information on the repo-add command, use `repo-add --help`. + + +See Also +-------- +manlink:pacman[8], manlink:libalpm[3] + +See the Arch Linux website at http://www.archlinux.org for more current +information on the distribution and the pacman family of tools. + + +include::footer.txt[] |