Using packages

CargOS is using pkgsrc (pkgin) as a package manager. In this wiki entry some basic usage of pkgin(1) is described. For detailed information, please read the pkgin(1) manpage.

• Updating the package database

pkgin up

• Searching for a package

pkgin se NAME_OF_THE_PACKAGE

• Installing a package

pkgin in NAME_OF_THE_PACKAGE

• Removing a package

pkgin rm NAME_OF_THE_PACKAGE

• Upgrading all installed packages

pkgin fug

As an example let's install tmux

[root@52-54-00-44-a5-95 ~]# pkgin se tmux
tmux-1.9a            BSD-licensed terminal multiplexer (GNU Screen alternative)

=: package is installed and up-to-date
<: package is installed but newer version is available
>: installed package has a greater version than available package
[root@52-54-00-44-a5-95 ~]# pkgin in tmux
calculating dependencies... done.

nothing to upgrade.
7 packages to be installed (4877K to download, 17M to install):

 mpfr-3.1.2pl11 mpcomplex-1.0.2 gmp-6.0.0a gcc47-libs-4.7.3nb7 ncurses-5.9nb4 libevent-2.0.22 tmux-1.9a

proceed ? [Y/n] y
downloading packages...
mpfr-3.1.2pl11.tgz                             100%  520KB 520.4KB/s 520.4KB/s   00:01    
mpcomplex-1.0.2.tgz                            100%  131KB 130.8KB/s 130.8KB/s   00:00
gmp-6.0.0a.tgz                                 100%  761KB 761.3KB/s 761.3KB/s   00:00    
gcc47-libs-4.7.3nb7.tgz                        100% 1253KB   1.2MB/s   1.2MB/s   00:00    
ncurses-5.9nb4.tgz                             100% 1316KB   1.3MB/s   1.3MB/s   00:00    
libevent-2.0.22.tgz                            100%  686KB 686.2KB/s 686.2KB/s   00:00    
tmux-1.9a.tgz                                  100%  210KB 209.6KB/s 209.6KB/s   00:00    
installing packages...
installing mpfr-3.1.2pl11...
installing mpcomplex-1.0.2...
installing gmp-6.0.0a...
installing gcc47-libs-4.7.3nb7...
installing ncurses-5.9nb4...
installing libevent-2.0.22...
installing tmux-1.9a...
pkg_install warnings: 0, errors: 0
reading local summary...
processing local summary...
updating database: 100%
marking tmux-1.9a as non auto-removable

CargOS is intended to be a minimal host system so the number of provided 3rd party packages are limited. If you can't find what you are looking for, please contact us.