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Document group and providers selection
The format required for selection of packages within the group selection
dialog is not entirely obvious, so provide some documentation.
Fixes FS#24134.
Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org>
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'pacman' <operation> [options] [targets]
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Description
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Pacman is a package management utility that tracks installed packages on a Linux
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interprets ">" as redirection to file.)
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In addition to packages, groups can be specified as well. For example, if
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gnome is a defined package group, then `pacman -S gnome` will install every
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package in the gnome group, as well as the dependencies of those packages.
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gnome is a defined package group, then `pacman -S gnome` will provide a
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prompt allowing you to select which packages to install from a numbered list.
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The package selection is specified using a space separated list of package
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numbers. Sequential packages may be selected by specifying the first and last
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package numbers separated by a hyphen (`-`). Excluding packages is achieved by
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prefixing a number or range of numbers with a caret (`^`).
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Packages that provide other packages are also handled. For example, `pacman -S
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foo` will first look for a foo package. If foo is not found, packages that
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provide the same functionality as foo will be searched for. If any package is
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found, it will be installed.
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found, it will be installed. A selection prompt is provided if multiple packages
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providing foo are found.
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You can also use `pacman -Su` to upgrade all packages that are out of date. See
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<<SO,Sync Options>> below. When upgrading, pacman performs version comparison
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