Features

• Package installation and upgrading
  • complete integrity checking of all data, both resource data files, and binary software packages using GnuPG signature validation.
  • recursive resolving of dependencies between packages
  • supports both http:// and https:// protocols in addition to ftp:// and file://
  • supports http and https authentication using user name and password
  • automatic installation of extra packages if required by updated dependencies
  • automatic handling of obsoleted packages when obsoleting package is installed
  • features special tag handling for packages with special needs like the kernel package and packages that needs manual upgrade (upgrading binary incompatible database systems springs to mind...)
  • Handles multiple remote or local package repositories, enabling the system administrator full control over levels of importance, usage of closest mirror, etc.
  • supports '--root' option to perform creation and updating of chroot installations
• Package removal
  • recursive resolving of dependencies between packages ensure that the requirements of installed packages remains intact
  • supports '--root' option
  • features special tag handling for packages with special needs like the kernel
• Querying
  • extensive usage of regular expressions
  • search for files, resources and packages by name

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