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NAME

smart - The Smart Package Manager

SYNOPSIS

smart command [options] [arguments]

DESCRIPTION

The Smart Package Manager project has the ambitious objective of creating smart and portable algorithms for solving adequately the problem of managing software upgrading and installation. This tool works in all major distributions, and will bring notable advantages over native tools currently in use (APT, APT-RPM, YUM, URPMI, etc).

Action commands

update
install
reinstall
upgrade
remove
check
fix
download
clean

Setup commands

channel
priority
mirror
flag

Query commands

search
query
info
stats

Run "smart command --help" for more information.

Options

--version
Show program's version number and exit
--config-file=FILE
Configuration file (default is <data-dir>/config)
--data-dir=DIR
Specifies the config file location - can take http, ftp urls and local file Data directory (default is /var/lib/smart/)
--log-level=LEVEL
Set the log level to level (debug, info, warning, error)
--gui
Use the default graphic interface
--shell
Use the default shell interface
--interface=NAME
Use the given interface
--ignore-locks
Don't respect locking
-o OPT, --option=OPT
Set the option given by a name=value pair

Examples

smart install --help
smart install pkgname
smart --gui
smart --gui install pkgname
smart --shell

FILES

/etc/smart/
/var/lib/smart/
/usr/lib/smart/
/usr/lib/smart/plugins/

SEE ALSO

http://labix.org/smart

AUTHOR

Gustavo Niemeyer <gustavo@niemeyer.net>
2006 Jun 16 Christoph Thiel