NAME
bpm
- menu-based binary package manager
SYNOPSIS
bpm
[-hnVv]
[-b baseURL]
[-m machine]
[-r release]
[-w seconds]
DESCRIPTION
The
bpm
command is used to locate and install binary packages from any
reachable URL.
The following command-line options are supported:
- -b baseURL
-
Specify a base URL from which to download binary packages.
The default URL is
ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages
.
- -h
-
Print a help message and then exit.
- -m machine
-
Use
machine
as the machine architecture to be used, instead of that returned by
uname(1).
- -n
-
Don't actually execute the commands to add the package.
- -r release
-
Use
release
as the operating system release to be used, instead of that returned by
uname(1).
- -V
-
Print version number and exit.
- -v
-
Turn on verbose output.
- -w seconds
-
The number of
seconds
to wait after displaying an error message and returning to
normal menu operations.
bpm
provides a menu-based binary package manager for
NetBSD.
bpm
first connects to the URL using
ftp(1),
and displays a list of categories for which binary packages exist.
If no categories are displayed, it could
be that the machine architecture or operating system release string
have been wrongly interpreted, and that it will be necessary to override
this values by means of the command line options.
Within a category, a list of packages will be displayed, and by selecting
one using the number assigned to it, the package will be downloaded
automatically, and installed, using the
pkg_add(1)
utility.
It is also possible to change the category currently being examined,
and to quit from the utility, simply by selecting the appropriate choices
on the menu.
ENVIRONMENT
The environment variables which govern the behavior of
ftp(1)
and
pkg_add(1)
are valid for
.
SEE ALSO
ftp(1),
pkg_add(1),
uname(1)
AUTHORS
The
bpm
utility was written by
Alistair Crooks <agc@NetBSD.org>
.