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author | Rafael G. Martins <rafael@rafaelmartins.eng.br> | 2010-10-23 21:57:49 -0200 |
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committer | Rafael G. Martins <rafael@rafaelmartins.eng.br> | 2010-10-23 21:57:49 -0200 |
commit | 0f4513803af94afae9cfd2e857c5be1633176814 (patch) | |
tree | 0db7e306e9b38d16b723d86ad16680e97e41b97f /docs | |
parent | fixed the script manage_pkgdb.py and a test case (diff) | |
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fixed docs and issue tracker url
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diff --git a/docs/upgrading.rst b/docs/upgrading.rst index 7545ae7..98ea166 100644 --- a/docs/upgrading.rst +++ b/docs/upgrading.rst @@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ You'll need to remove the directories of the package database and the overlay (``db`` and ``overlay`` options from the configuration file). To know what are the current values, type:: - + $ g-octave --config db $ g-octave --config overlay -And remove both directories before run ``emerge --config =g-octave-0.4`` +And remove both directories before run ``emerge --config app-portage/g-octave`` diff --git a/docs/userguide.rst b/docs/userguide.rst index e44ac90..5a2980b 100644 --- a/docs/userguide.rst +++ b/docs/userguide.rst @@ -7,20 +7,15 @@ This is an user guide with some instructions to the end-user. Installing g-Octave ------------------- -The ebuilds for g-Octave will be available on the Portage tree as soon -as possible. For now, they can be found on the Gentoo ``science`` overlay. -To install it with ``layman`` and ``git`` installed, type:: +The ebuilds for g-Octave are available on the Portage tree. You can install +the package, using:: - # layman -a science - -After you have the overlay installed, you can install the package, using: :: - # emerge -av app-portage/g-octave We have 2 ebuilds, one for with latest stable release (for ``~x86`` and ``~amd64``) and one live ebuild, that installs g-Octave from the Git repository (without keywords). If you want to use the live ebuild, you -need to unmask them adding the line below to your +need to unmask it adding the line below to your ``/etc/portage/package.keywords``:: app-portage/g-octave ** @@ -40,7 +35,7 @@ http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/g-octave.git;a=summary You can clone the Git repository using this command (with Git installed, of course):: - + $ git clone git://git.overlays.gentoo.org/proj/g-octave.git The release tarballs can be found here: @@ -80,7 +75,7 @@ ends with the option name in uppercase. for example, ``GOCTAVE_OVERLAY`` will override the option ``overlay`` from the config file. Usage example:: - + # GOCTAVE_OVERLAY=/tmp/overlay g-octave -av packagename @@ -105,7 +100,7 @@ Currently g-Octave depends on an external package database, in order to create the ebuilds for the packages. If you installed the live version of g-Octave (=g-octave-9999) you'll need to fetch this database in the first time that you run g-Octave (and whenever you want to updates): :: - + # g-octave --sync @@ -135,28 +130,28 @@ From the upstream source tarballs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You can list all the available packages using this command: :: - + # g-octave --list or :: - + # g-octave -l To install a package, use: :: - + # g-octave packagename or :: - + # g-octave packagename-version For example: :: - + # g-octave control-1.0.11 ``g-octave`` command-line tool supports some options for the installation of packages: - + ``-a`` or ``--ask`` Ask before install the package ``-p`` or ``--pretend`` @@ -170,7 +165,7 @@ You can get some information about the package using this command: :: # g-octave --info packagename or :: - + # g-octave -i packagename @@ -184,7 +179,7 @@ SVN repository. To install a package from SVN, you'll need to configure g-Octave, changing the value of the variable ``use_scm`` on the file ``/etc/g-octave.cfg`` to ``true``. After that, type:: - + # g-octave packagename If you only want to install a single package, you can use the command-line @@ -203,15 +198,15 @@ You can update a package using this command: :: # g-octave --update packagename or :: - + # g-octave -u packagename If you want to update all the installed packages, run this without arguments:: - + # g-octave --update or :: - + # g-octave -u The options ``--ask`` and ``--verbose`` are also supported. @@ -222,7 +217,7 @@ Searching packages You can do searches on the package names if you use the option ``-s`` or ``--search``. Regular expressions are allowed. :: - + # g-octave --search anything or :: @@ -238,7 +233,7 @@ You can uninstall packages using this command: :: # g-octave --unmerge packagename or :: - + # g-octave -C packagename-version The options ``--ask`` and ``--verbose`` are also supported. |