pacsync(8)

NAME
pacsync - package update frontend for pacman

SYNOPSIS
pacsync <operation> [package] [package] ...

DESCRIPTION
pacsync is a package update frontend for the pacman package manager. It keeps track of the versions of packages installed on the local system and the versions of packages on a remote server. This allows you to issue a single command and have you system's packages brought into sync.

OPERATIONS

sync
    Download a new copy of the package list from the server. This should be done regularly, usually before an "install", "upgrade" or "sysupgrade" command.

install <package>
    Install a new package. pacsync will first look for the package in the cache directory. If it is not there, it will attempt to download the file from the server. On success, the package will be installed. (Note that the downloaded file is also copied to a cache directory on your filesystem. You can delete it with "clean").

upgrade <package>
    Upgrade a package. This is the same as install, except a package is upgraded (ie, it is already installed in the system).

report
    Generate an upgrade report. This operation will compare all local package versions to remote versions, and then show you a report of the differences.

sysupgrade
    Full system upgrade. This is the same as report except after confirmation, pacsync will upgrade all packages that are not up to date.

clean
    This will remove all downloaded packages from the cache directory. This can/should be used regularly to free up diskspace.

CONFIGURATION
Configuration options are stored in /etc/pacsync.conf. Currently there is only one directive.

SYNC_SERVER
    This should be set to the full URL of the download server closest to you. FTP is preferred, but HTTP is supported also, provided you have wget.

AUTHOR
Judd Vinet <jvinet@zeroflux.org>