######################## PACKMGN V0.1 HELP ########################## < packmgn.sh > simple management tool for install and uninstall *.tar.gz or -identical- *.tgz packages on any Linux box without `proprietary` distribution dependent package manager (apt-get, rpm, pacman, pkgtool...) usage: < sudo /usr/local/sbin/packmgn.sh |install|uninstall| /path_to*/file.tgz > < sudo packmgn |-h|--help| > * required, even if in the same directory than PackMgn. Very Basic tool ! it don`t: - Handle another compression than gzip (neither *.tbz nor *.txz). - Manage dependencies. - Update. - Remove the eventual config file created by the program uninstalled. - Launch any script after install or uninstall. - Write any log. Install operation replace all eventually existent files, regardless date, size or attributes. For uninstallation, the original tarball must be present. PackMgn take care of your eventually modified files. It create a file list to suppress from the archive, compare these files with the installed files and remove it only if they are identical, (based on time, size, attributes). Superuser rights are required for any (un)installation. PACKMGN should run under any Linux distro on x86 or ARM. Tested with Xinutop 2.0, based on Xfce Debian Jessie. INSTALLATION: PackMgn is provided in a tar.gz archive (tgz), so simply decompress it: < sudo tar -xvz -C / -f packmgn-x.x.tgz > It will be installed in /usr/local/sbin GPL 3+, beta software, use it under your own responsability ! Frank Baudet ############################# END HELP ##############################