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<bookinfo>
<title>The &kpackage; Handbook</title>
<authorgroup>
<author>
<firstname>Toivo</firstname>
<surname>Pedaste</surname>
<affiliation>
<address><email>toivo@ucs.uwa.edu.au</email></address>
</affiliation>
</author>

<othercredit role="reviewer">
<firstname>Lauri</firstname>
<surname>Watts</surname>
<affiliation>
<address><email>lauri@kde.org</email></address>
</affiliation>
<contrib>Reviewer</contrib>
</othercredit>
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<copyright>
<year>2000</year>
<holder>Toivo Pedaste</holder>
</copyright>

<legalnotice>&FDLNotice;</legalnotice>

<date>2006-12-04</date>
<releaseinfo>3.5.5</releaseinfo>

<abstract><para>&kpackage; is a &GUI; interface to the
<acronym>RPM</acronym>, Debian, Slackware and BSD package
managers.</para></abstract>

<keywordset>
<keyword>kpackage</keyword>
<keyword>package</keyword>
<keyword>package manager</keyword>
<keyword>RPM</keyword>
<keyword>deb</keyword>
</keywordset>
</bookinfo>

<chapter id="introduction">
<title>Introduction</title>

<para>&kpackage; is a &GUI; interface to the <acronym>RPM</acronym>,
Debian, Slackware and <acronym>BSD</acronym> package managers.  &kpackage; is part of the Trinity Desktop
Environment and, as a result, it is designed to integrate with the &kde;
file manager. </para>

</chapter>

<chapter id="onscreen-fundamentals">

<title>Onscreen Fundamentals</title>

<para>&kpackage; has two panels. The left panel displays a tree of the
installed and available packages, the right panel displays information
on the packages.</para>


<sect1 id="the-main-window-left">
<title>The Main Window - Package Tree</title>

<para>When &kpackage; is started normally (that is it has not been
invoked via drag and drop and has not been given any parameters) it
displays two panels with the package tree on the left, this tree shows
installed packages and optionally new and updated packages as
well.</para>

<screenshot>
<screeninfo>&kpackage; Left Panel</screeninfo>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="left.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>Left Panel - Package Tree</phrase>
</textobject>
<caption>
<para>Left Panel - Package Tree</para>
</caption>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>

<para>The left panel displays the list of packages, the tabs along
the top determines which packages are displayed:</para>

<itemizedlist>

<listitem><para><guilabel>Installed</guilabel> - Show installed packages</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><guilabel>Updated</guilabel> - Show packages for which newer versions are available</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><guilabel>New</guilabel> - Show uninstalled packages</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><guilabel>All</guilabel> - All packages</para></listitem>

</itemizedlist>
<para>Below the tabs is the <guilabel>Search</guilabel> line, this filters the package tree so that only those packages whose name or summary contains the search string are displayed.</para>

<para>The package tree is based on the sections of the distribution
and shows summary information about the packages:</para>
<itemizedlist>

<listitem><para><guilabel>Package</guilabel> - Name of the package</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><guilabel>Mark</guilabel> - Shows a tick if the package has
been marked. Marking allows multiple packages to be installed or
uninstalled at once using the buttons located below the package tree.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><guilabel>Summary</guilabel>- A short description of the package.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><guilabel>Size</guilabel>- The package size</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><guilabel>Version</guilabel> - The package version</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><guilabel>Old Version</guilabel> - If the package updates an installed package, the
version of the old package</para></listitem>

</itemizedlist>

<para>The packages have graphical labels to indicate their state, an
image representing the package type means an installed package, a
<guilabel>N</guilabel> indicates an available package and a <guilabel>U</guilabel>
means a package that can upgrade an installed package.</para>

<para>A single package is selected by clicking on the name. Clicking on
the dot in the <guilabel>Mark</guilabel> column marks the package with a
tick, a second click unmarks it, while <keycombo
action="simul">&Shift;<mousebutton>left</mousebutton></keycombo> click
can be used to mark a range of packages and <keycombo
action="simul">&Ctrl;<mousebutton>left</mousebutton></keycombo> click
can be used to add and remove marks on packages.</para>

<para>Selecting a package from the tree displays information about it in
the right panel.</para>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="package-information-panel">
<title>The Main Window - Package Information Panel</title>

<para>The right panel has tabs for displaying three different types of
information about selected packages </para>

<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>&kpackage; Right Panel - Properties</screeninfo>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="right-prop.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>Right Panel - Package Properties</phrase>
</textobject>
<caption>
<para>The <guilabel>Properties</guilabel> tab which displays
information on the selected package. In the dependency information there are
hyper-links to the packages listed, installed packages are in standard font,
uninstalled but available packages are in italic and dependencies that aren't
available are normal text.</para>
</caption>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
</listitem>

<listitem>

<screenshot>
<screeninfo>&kpackage; Right Panel - Properties</screeninfo>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="right-files.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>Right Panel - The Files in the Package</phrase>
</textobject>
<caption>
<para>The <guilabel>File List</guilabel> tab shows the files in the
package and for installed packages (provided the information is
available) shows the state of the
files. Files that exist are marked with a tick, those that are
missing are marked with a cross.</para>

</caption>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>

</listitem>

<listitem>
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>&kpackage; Right Panel - Properties</screeninfo>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="right-change.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>Right Panel - The Files in the Package</phrase>
</textobject>
<caption>
<para>The <guilabel>Change Log</guilabel> tab shows the change log
for the package.</para>
</caption>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>

</listitem>

</itemizedlist>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="installing-packages">
<title>Installing Packages</title>

<para>To install a package you can</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>locate the package you wish to install in &konqueror;, drag it
onto a running copy of &kpackage;</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>click on a package file in &konqueror; and start a new copy of
&kpackage;</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>use on the <guimenu>Open</guimenu> menu items in
&kpackage;</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>selecting an available package in the package tree</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>

<para>For a selected package, use the buttons in the right panel, the
<guibutton>Fetch</guibutton> button will fetch the package from a remote
source and display detailed information, the
<guibutton>Install</guibutton> button pops up the installation
window. </para>

<para>For marked packages, use the
<guibutton>Install Marked</guibutton> button on the left panel,
which pops up the install
window.</para>

<screenshot>
<screeninfo>&kpackage; Install dialog</screeninfo>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="install.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>Install Dialog</phrase>
</textobject>
<caption>
<para>Install Dialog</para>
</caption>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>

<para>The install window lists the packages to be selected to
be installed in a panel in the top left, if Debian <acronym>APT</acronym>
is being used the packages needed to satisfy any dependencies are
also shown. Below this there are a set of check boxes which set options for
the install program. For <acronym>RPM</acronym> packages the options
are:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><guilabel>Upgrade</guilabel> - Will upgrade any already
installed package.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><guilabel>Replace Files</guilabel> - Install  the  packages  even
if they replace files from other, already installed, packages.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><guilabel>Check Dependencies</guilabel> - Verify dependencies.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><guilabel>Test (do not install)</guilabel></para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>

<para>For Debian <acronym>APT</acronym> the options are:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><guilabel>Download only</guilabel> - Fetch the packages but
don't install them.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><guilabel>No download</guilabel> - Only use packages that
are locally available</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><guilabel>Ignore missing</guilabel> - Do the install even if
some packages are missing</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><guilabel>Ignore hold</guilabel> - Ignore holds that have been
placed on packages</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><guilabel>Allow Unauthenticated</guilabel> - Ignore any requirements that
the packages must be signed.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><guilabel>Assume yes</guilabel> - Answer yes for any questions
the install program would ask.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><guilabel>Test (do not install)</guilabel></para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>

<para>The <guibutton>Install</guibutton> button will start the
actual install. Normally the install window will be deleted after
a successful install but if the
<guibutton>Keep this window</guibutton> check box is selected the
window will stay around.</para>

<para>The panel on the right is an integrated
terminal window in which the installation programs are run, for
interactive installation programs the interaction is done in this
window. </para>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="uninstalling-packages">
<title>Uninstalling Packages</title>

<para>A selected package can be uninstalled by using the
<guibutton>Uninstall</guibutton> button in the right panel, the
<guibutton>Uninstall Marked</guibutton> in the right panel
can be used to uninstall marked packages. The buttons bring
up the uninstall window.</para>

<screenshot>
<screeninfo>&kpackage; Install dialog</screeninfo>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="uninstall.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>Uninstall Dialog</phrase>
</textobject>
<caption>
<para>Uninstall Dialog</para>
</caption>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>

<para>The
<guibutton>Uninstall</guibutton> button in the window causes the
packages to be uninstalled, and the right panel provides an integrated
terminal window for the uninstall program.</para>

<para>For <acronym>RPM</acronym> packages the options
are:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><guilabel>Use scripts</guilabel> - Execute any unistall scripts</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><guilabel>Check Dependencies</guilabel> - Verify dependencies.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><guilabel>Test (do not uninstall)</guilabel></para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>

<para>For Debian <acronym>APT</acronym> the options are:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><guilabel>Purge Config Files</guilabel> - Remove any package
configuration files.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><guilabel>Assume yes</guilabel> - Answer yes for any questions
the install program would ask.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><guilabel>Test (do not uninstall)</guilabel></para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>


</sect1>

<sect1 id="integrating-available-packages-in-the-tree">
<title>Integrating available packages in the tree</title>

<para>Access to available packages is setup in the menu with <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Configure &kpackage;...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
</para>


<screenshot>
<screeninfo>&kpackage; Install dialog</screeninfo>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="handle.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>Package Handler Panel</phrase>
</textobject>
<caption>
<para>Package Handler Panel </para>
</caption>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>

<para>The top part of the panel has the <guilabel>Remote Host</guilabel>
box which allows &kpackage; to operate on the packages on a remote computer,
this functionality requires <command>ssh</command> and is only available
when using Debian apt. The name of the remote
computer is entered into the combobox and &kpackage; will access
it when the <guilabel>Use remote host</guilabel> checkbox is
selected.</para>

<para>The rest of the panel allows the enabling and disabling of
the various package types that &kpackage; can handle. If a package
type is enabled the <guibutton>Location of Packages</guibutton> button
will bring up a dialog for setting the location of available packages.
If the programs required for handling a package type is not available the package
type will be automatically disabled.
</para>

<screenshot>
<screeninfo>&kpackage; Install dialog</screeninfo>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="rpmloc.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>RPM Location Dialog</phrase>
</textobject>
<caption>
<para>RPM Location Dialog</para>
</caption>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>

<para>For <acronym>RPM</acronym> packages &kpackage; can read a
folder containing packages and add these to the package tree as
either new or updated packages. It is possible to examine or install
these packages from the package tree. By default the information about
the packages is extracted from the standard format of the file names and
so it is necessary to use the <guibutton>Examine</guibutton> button to
see the full description, it is possible though to set an option so that
for local folders each package file is read, this is slower but
gives a full description.</para>

<para>The <acronym>RPM</acronym> locations dialog allows the specification
of folders containing <acronym>RPM</acronym> packages, it's divided
up into a number of tabbed panels for convenience of management. Each
line in the panel specifies a folder, the <guilabel>Use</guilabel>
checkbox is selected the folder is used, otherwise it's ignored.
The text entry field can take either a folder path or an <command>ftp</command>
URL.  The <guilabel>Subfolders</guilabel> checkbox determines
whether subfolders are searched for packages. The <guibutton>...</guibutton>
button will pop up a folder selection dialog.</para>


<screenshot>
<screeninfo>&kpackage; Install dialog</screeninfo>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="debaptloc.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>Debian Apt Location Dialog</phrase>
</textobject>
<caption>
<para>Debian Apt Location Dialog</para>
</caption>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>

<para><guilabel>APT: Debian</guilabel> means that Debian packages
are handled using the <command>deb-apt</command> command which
can automatically fetch packages from repositories and
resolve dependencies.</para>

<para>The location of
uninstalled package repositories can be set in the "A" panel, this is
used to write the <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename> file
which controls where <command>deb-apt</command> searches for packages,
each entry corresponds to a line in the file, if the
<guilabel>Use</guilabel> checkbox is not set the line is commented
out.</para>

<para>The "D" panel allows the specification of folders containing
Debian packages.</para>

<screenshot>
<screeninfo>&kpackage; Install dialog</screeninfo>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="debloc.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>Debian DPKG Location Dialog: L and P panels</phrase>
</textobject>
<caption>
<para>Debian DPKG Location Dialog: L and P panels</para>
</caption>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>


<para>DPKG: Debian means that packages are handled using <command>dpkg</command>
command, there are three ways of accessing available packages, these can be
selected in three different types of location setting panels. </para>

<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>The "I" panel specifies the location of the Debian package tree
and selects the
distribution and architecture. &kpackage; will look in the standard
places for the Package files describing the available packages and these
packages are then added to the package tree and can be examined or
installed</para>
</listitem> 
<listitem>
<para>The "P" panel specifies the location of the Debian distribution along with the
<filename>Packages</filename> files for the parts of the distribution that are of
interest. If the <command>dselect</command> program is being
used then the file <filename>/var/lib/dpkg/available</filename> can be
used as a <filename>Packages</filename> file that describes the distribution that
<command>dselect</command> uses.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem><para>The "D" panel specifies folders that are handled in the same way as with
<acronym>RPM</acronym> packages.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>

<screenshot>
<screeninfo>&kpackage; Install dialog</screeninfo>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="slackloc.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>Slackware Location Dialog</phrase>
</textobject>
<caption>
<para>Slackware Location Dialog</para>
</caption>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>

<para>For Slackware packages there is very little information stored on
installed packages, but it is possible to use a
<filename>PACKAGE.TXT</filename> file as a source of information about
the installed packages. The <filename>PACKAGES.TXT</filename> file is
the equivalent of a Debian Packages file and Slackware distributions are
structured with a folder tree containing the <literal
role="extension">.tgz</literal> packages and a
<filename>PACKAGES.TXT</filename> file that describes the
packages.</para>

<para>As with Debian distributions the packages in a Slackware
distribution can be integrated into the package tree. Unfortunately the
Slackware packages don't carry version information so it is not possible
to tell with available packages are newer than installed ones.</para>

<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>The "I" panel is the location of a
<filename>PACKAGES.TXT</filename> file which is used to provided information on
the installed packages</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>The "P" panels can be used to specify the location of
distributions with the folder tree containing the <literal
role="extension">.tgz</literal> files and the location of the corresponding
<filename>PACKAGES.TXT</filename> file</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>The "D" panels are for folders that do
<emphasis>not</emphasis> have a corresponding <filename>PACKAGES.TXT</filename>
fi
le</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>

<screenshot>
<screeninfo>&kpackage; Install dialog</screeninfo>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="bsdloc.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>BSD Location Dialog</phrase>
</textobject>
<caption>
<para>BSD Location Dialog</para>
</caption>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>

<para>For <acronym>BSD</acronym> packages &kpackage; will understand a
packages distribution folder that contains an
<filename>INDEX</filename> file (which describes all the packages) and
also contains an <filename>All</filename> folder (with all the
package files in it). </para>

<para>The "Ports" panel gives the location of the ports tree in
the file system </para>
<para>The "Packages" panel allows the specifying the location of packages
folders &ie; those containing <filename>INDEX</filename>
files</para>

<para>For remote folders and package files (&ie; those fetched via
&FTP;) &kpackage; will do caching, the packages are by default cached in
<filename>~/.kpackage</filename> and the folders in
<filename>~/.kpackage/dir</filename>.</para>

<note><para>For the handling of remote (&FTP;) folders to work, it
may be necessary to not have the <guilabel>FTP Proxy</guilabel> set in the
Browser Settings.</para></note>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="Searching">
<title>Searching</title>
<sect2>
<title>Package Search Line</title>

<screenshot>
  <screeninfo>&kpackage; Search Line</screeninfo>
  <mediaobject>
    <imageobject>
      <imagedata fileref="searchl.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject>
    <textobject>
      <phrase>Search Line</phrase>
    </textobject>
    <caption>
      <para>Search Line</para>
    </caption>
  </mediaobject>
</screenshot>

<para>The Search line filters the package tree so that only those packages whose name or summary contains the search string are displayed.</para>
</sect2>


<sect2>
  <title>Find Package</title>
  
  <screenshot>
    <screeninfo>&kpackage; Find Package</screeninfo>
    <mediaobject>
      <imageobject>
	<imagedata fileref="search.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject>
      <textobject>
	<phrase>Find Package</phrase>
      </textobject>
      <caption>
	<para>Find Package</para>
	</caption>
      </mediaobject>
    </screenshot>
    
    <para>The <guilabel>Find Package</guilabel> dialog searches the names 
    of the packages in the package tree and moves to the next matching package.
    If <guilabel>Sub string</guilabel> is not set then it will find only exact 
    matches against packages names. If <guilabel>Wrap search</guilabel> is not
    set the search doesn't wrap around the end of the package tree.
  </para>
</sect2>

<sect2>
  <title>Find File</title>
  
  <screenshot>
    <screeninfo>&kpackage; Find File</screeninfo>
    <mediaobject>
      <imageobject>
	<imagedata fileref="searchf.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject>
      <textobject>
	<phrase>Find File</phrase>
      </textobject>
      <caption>
	<para>Find File</para>
      </caption>
    </mediaobject>
  </screenshot>
  
  <para>The <guilabel>Find File</guilabel> dialog searches for files the names of 
    which contain the search string. 
    The columns in the display are:</para>
    <itemizedlist>
      <listitem>
	<para><guilabel>Installed</guilabel> - Ticked if it is an installed package.</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
	<para><guilabel>Type</guilabel> - The type of the package.</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
	<para><guilabel>Package</guilabel> - The name of the package</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
	<para><guilabel>File Name</guilabel> - The name of the matched file</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>
    <para>Only the files in installed packages are shown unless <guilabel>Also search uninstalled packages</guilabel> is set, this will only work with Debian APT
      packages and only if the <command>apt-file</command> command is installed.
      The database used by the <command>apt-file</command> command is updated
      by the <guimenuitem>Apt-File Update</guimenuitem> menu item.
    </para>

</sect2>


</sect1>

<sect1 id="Misc">
  <title>Misc</title>
  <sect2>
    <title>Root Access</title>

    <para>&kpackage; requires <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
      access for installing/uninstalling packages, this can be can be done by
      running &kpackage; as <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>,
      say by using &tdesu;.</para>

    <para>Alternatively, if &kpackage; is running as a normal user it will
      try to run the install/uninstall programs as root by logging in to a
      pseudo terminal, it will use either <command>su</command>, <command>sudo</command> or
      <command>ssh</command> to do this and if needed it will pop up a
      prompt window where the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
      password or <command>ssh</command> key can be typed. For this to work the root prompt has to end in
      <prompt># </prompt>. The <guimenuitem>Keep password</guimenuitem> option causes &kpackage; to
      remember the password that is entered. </para>
  <screenshot>
    <screeninfo>&kpackage; Password prompt</screeninfo>
    <mediaobject>
      <imageobject>
	<imagedata fileref="root-prompt.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject>
      <textobject>
	<phrase>Password prompt</phrase>
      </textobject>
      <caption>
	<para>Password prompt</para>
      </caption>
    </mediaobject>
  </screenshot>

  </sect2>


  <sect2>
    <title>Drag and Drop</title>

    <para>&kpackage; makes use of the &kde; Drag and Drop protocol. This
      means that you can drag and drop packages onto &kpackage; to open
      them. Dropping a file onto the <guilabel>Find File</guilabel> dialog
      will find the package that contains the file.</para>

  </sect2>
</sect1>

</chapter>
<chapter id="menus">

<title>Menus</title>

<para>This describes the &kpackage; menus. </para>

<sect1 id="file-menu">
<title><guimenu>File</guimenu> menu</title>

<para>The items in the <guimenu>File</guimenu> menu are:</para>

<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">
&Ctrl;<keycap>O</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
<guimenu>File</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Open...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Brings up file selector for local and &FTP;
files</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu>
<guisubmenu>Open Recent</guisubmenu></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>A list of the most recently open package files</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">
&Ctrl;<keycap>F</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
<guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Find
Package...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Search the installed package list for a package, the name
of which contains the entered string </para> </listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Find File...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Produces a list of packages that contain the entered
file name, selecting a line will display the information on that
package. It behaves slightly differently for <acronym>RPM</acronym>
(where you have to enter the exact file name) and <abbrev>DEB</abbrev>
(where you can enter a regular expression).</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycap>F5</keycap></shortcut>
<guimenu>File</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Reload</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Reread the package data and rebuild the package
tree</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">
&Ctrl;<keycap>Q</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
<guimenu>File</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Quit</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Quit &kpackage; </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="packages-menu">
<title><guimenu>Packages</guimenu> menu</title>

<para>The items in the <guimenu>Packages</guimenu> menu are:</para>

<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice><shortcut>
<keycombo action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>Left</keycap>
</keycombo></shortcut>
<guimenu>Packages</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Back</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Back button for navigation using the links in
<guilabel>Properties</guilabel> entries in the right panel.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>Right</keycap>
</keycombo></shortcut>
<guimenu>Packages</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Forward</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Forward button for navigation using the links in
<guilabel>Properties</guilabel> entries in the right panel.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Packages</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Expand Tree</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Fully expands the packages tree</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Packages</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Collapse Tree</guimenuitem> </menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Collapses the package tree so that only the tree structure is
shown</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice> <guimenu>Packages</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Clear Marked</guimenuitem> </menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Unmarks all packages</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice> <guimenu>Packages</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Mark All</guimenuitem> </menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Marks all packages that are members of the selected view</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Package</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Install</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem>
<para>Install the currently selected package</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Package</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Install Marked</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem>
<para>Install all marked packages</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Package</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Uninstall</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem>
<para>Uninstall the currently selected package</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Package</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Uninstall Marked</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Uninstall all marked packages</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>


</variablelist>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="cache-menu">
<title><guimenu>Cache</guimenu> menu</title>

<para>The items in the <guimenu>Cache</guimenu> menu are: </para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Cache</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Clear
Package Folder Cache</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Delete cached copies of remote package folders and Packages
files</para> </listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Cache</guimenu><guimenuitem>Clear Package
Cache</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Delete cached copies of remote package files that have been
fetched</para> </listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="special-menu">
<title><guimenu>Special</guimenu> menu</title>

<para>The <guimenu>Special</guimenu> contains actions
related to specific package types:</para>

<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Special</guimenu><guimenuitem>
APT: Debian</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem>

<variablelist>

<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Update</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>Update <command>apt</command> indexes from package
repositories.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Upgrade</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>Upgrade the Debian installation to the latest versions
of all the packages.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Fixup</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para><command>apt</command> is extremely strict about
dependencies, attempt to fixup dependency problems</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
  <term><guilabel>Apt-File Update</guilabel></term>
  <listitem><para>Searching for uninstall files uses the <command>apt-file</command> command, this updates the database that <command>apt-file</command> uses.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

</variablelist>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>
</variablelist>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="settings-menu">
<title><guimenu>Settings</guimenu> menu</title>

<para>The items in the <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> menu are:</para>

<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Show
Toolbar</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Toggle displaying the toolbar</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Save
Settings</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>Save options immediately</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure
Shortcuts...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>The standard &kde; dialog for setting shortcut
keys</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure
Toolbars...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para>The standard &kde; dialog for configuring tool
bars</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Configure &kpackage;...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
<listitem>

<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Types</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>Which package types to handle, Debian using DPKG and
Debian using APT are listed separately, it is not a good idea to
enable both at the same time. It also sets whether to access
a remote host for Debian apt.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Cache</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>Controls caching of remote (&FTP;ed)  folders and Package
files.</para>
<variablelist>

<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Cache Remote Package Folders</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>Whether to cache remote (&FTP;ed)  folders and Package
files.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Cache Remote Package Files</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>Whether to cache remote package files that have been fetched
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Cache Folder</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>Where to cache package files and folders
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

</variablelist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>misc</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<variablelist>

<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Execute Privileged Commands Using</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>Use <command>su</command>, <command>sudo</command> or
<command>ssh</command> for running privileged commands. For remote Debian APT <command>ssh</command>
is always used.</para> </listitem> 
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Verify file list</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>If set the list of files in the package is checked to see if
they are actually installed</para> </listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Read information from all local package files</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>If set all the files from a (local) package folder are read
instead of just using the files names, this is slower but shows more
information.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

</variablelist>

</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>


</variablelist>
</sect1>

<sect1 id="help-menu">
<title><guimenu>Help</guimenu> menu</title>

<para>The items in the <guimenu>Help</guimenu> menu are: </para>

&help.menu.documentation;

</sect1>

<sect1 id="toolbar">
<title>Toolbar</title>

<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><guiicon>Open</guiicon></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><guiicon>Back</guiicon></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><guiicon>Forward</guiicon></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><guiicon>Expand Tree</guiicon></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><guiicon>Collapse Tree</guiicon></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><guiicon>Find Package</guiicon></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><guiicon>Find File</guiicon></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><guiicon>Reload</guiicon></para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect1>
</chapter>

<chapter id="credits-and-licenses">
<title>Credits and Licenses</title>

<para>
&kpackage;
</para>

<para>Documentation copyright 2005 Toivo Pedaste
<email>toivo@ucs.uwa.edu.au</email></para>
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&underFDL;
&underGPL;

</chapter>

<appendix id="installation">
<title>Installation</title>

<sect1 id="how-to-obtain-kpackage">
<title>How to obtain &kpackage;</title>

&install.intro.documentation;

<para>For information on how to obtain and compile it see <ulink
url="http://www.kde.org/install-source.html">
http://www.kde.org/install-source.html</ulink></para>

<para>There is more information on compilation at <ulink
url="http://www.kde.org/compilationfaq.html">
http://www.kde.org/compilationfaq.html</ulink></para>

<para>There is a web page at <ulink
url="http://www.general.uwa.edu.au/u/toivo/kpackage">
http://www.general.uwa.edu.au/u/toivo/kpackage</ulink></para>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="requirements">
<title>Requirements</title>

<para>For installing &kpackage; you need:</para>

<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>&Qt; 3 and &kde; 3</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>

<para>For listing Debian packages no other software is needed but to
install and uninstall the packages you need:</para>

<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>the <command>dpkg</command> package
manager or</para></listitem>

<listitem><para> <command>apt-get</command> and
<command>apt-cache</command></para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>

<para>For <acronym>BSD</acronym> packages you need the package
management programs: </para>

<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><command>pkg_info</command></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><command>pkg_add</command></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><command>pkg_delete</command></para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>

<para>For Slackware packages  you need: </para>

<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><command>installpkg</command> </para></listitem>
<listitem><para><command>removepkg</command></para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>

<para>For dealing with Redhat packages you need:</para>

<itemizedlist>

<listitem><para><command>rpm</command> </para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>

<para>For &kpackage; to work correctly with <acronym>RPM</acronym>
packages the <acronym>RPM</acronym> database must be initialized. If
typing <userinput><command>rpm</command>
<option>-qa</option></userinput> gives an error about
<computeroutput>unable to open....</computeroutput> then try
<userinput><command>rpm</command>
<option>--rebuilddb</option></userinput>.</para>

</sect1>

</appendix>
</book>
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