Tools:lget.8.manpage

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LGET(8) LUNAR LGET(8)

NAME

      lget - downloads module source files

SYNOPSIS

      lget module_1 module_2 module_3

      lget -h|--help

      lget -a|--all

      lget -d|--debug|-f|--from|-u|--url|-v|--verbose|-w|--want module_1 module_2

COPYRIGHT

      lget(8) is Copyright (C) 2002-2003 Terry Chan with portions copyrighted by previous authors 2001-2002

EXAMPLE

      To download emacs type:

             lget emacs

DESCRIPTION

      lget is part of the Lunar source-code package management suite. It is a command-line tool for automati-
      cally downloading a modules associated source files.

OPTIONS

      lget   module_1 <module_2> <module_3>

      This automatically downloads the specified module sources.

      lget -a|--all

      Download the source code for every single module in moonbase (about 2.5G as of  08/08/2003).   This  is
      useful if you have a fast link or want to start your own Lunar source code mirror.

      lget -d|--debug

      Enables debug messages, very useful when emailing a bug report.

      lget -f|--from path/dir

      This  specifies  a  different  /var/spool/lunar  directory. This is the default location for downloaded
      sources.

      lget -h|--help

      Outputs short help.

      lget -u|--url URL module_1

      This tries to download the specified module from a different location. This is useful if  the  original
      link is down.

      lget -w|--want version

      Attempt  to  download  version  version of the module by substituting the current version of the module
      with the wanted version. May fail if the package requires more than one file download,  or  other  rea-
      sons.

      lget -v|--verbose

      Increases the level of message output

FILES

      /etc/lunar/config & /etc/lunar/local/config

             These  files store the settings for default locations. Its best to leave these alone as they are
             in quite good places by default. See lin(8) for more details about these files.

      /var/lib/lunar/functions/*.lunar

             Contains functions used by lget

ADVANCED USAGE

      Specifing a different download location for linux

             lget  --url   http://ftp.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.kernel.org/linux/kernel/2.4/linux-2.4.20.tar.bz2
             linux

NOTES

      Do not include version or section when specifying a package. To get complete listing of installed soft-
      ware packages and versions type lvu installed

AUTHOR

      Thomas Stewart

      Converted to Lunar by Terry Chan 03/23/2002

      Updated by Terry Chan 08/08/2003

REPORTING BUGS

      Report bugs to <maintainer@lunar-linux.org>

SEE ALSO

      lunar(8), lin(8), lvu(1), lrm(8)

WARRANTY

      This is free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY

Lunar Linux August 2003 LGET(8)