.TH "PACDEF" "8" "2023\-05\-26" "pacdef v1\&.2\&.1" "Pacdef Manual"

.SH NAME
pacdef \(em multi-backend declarative package manager
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fIpacdef\fR <subcommand> ...
.
.SH DESCRIPTION
Pacdef ...

.SH CONFIGURATION
Configure pacdef in its config file. See
.BR pacdef.yaml(5).

.SH SUBCOMMANDS
The main subcommands are 'group', 'package' and 'version'.

<g|group> <subcommand> ...
.RS 4
All actions related to managing groups.
.sp
<e|edit> <group> [...]
.RS 4
edit the content of an existing group
.RE
.
.sp
<i|import> <file> [...]
.RS 4
import a new group file or group dir structure
.RE
.sp
<l|list>
.RS 4
show the sorted names of all imported groups
.RE
.sp
<n|new> [args] <group> [...]
.RS 4
create a new group file
.sp
-e|--edit
.RS 4
After creating the files, open them in your configured editor as configured in
$EDITOR or $VISUAL.
.RE
.RE
.sp
<r|remove> <group> [...]
.RS 4
remove group file.
\fBWARNING\fR: If the group file is not a symlink, you wil loose the file!
.
.RE
.sp
<s|show> <group> [...]
.RS 4
show content of a group file
.RE

.RE


<p|package> <subcommand> ...
.RS 4
All actions related to packages.

.sp
<c|clean> [args]
.RS 4
remove unmanaged packages
.sp
--noconfirm
.RS 4
do not ask for confirmation
.RE
.RE
.
.sp
<r|review>
.RS 4
for each unmanaged package interactively decide what to do
.RE
.sp
<se|search> <regex>
.RS 4
show packages that match the regular expression.
.RE
.sp
<sy|sync> [args]
.RS 4
install managed packages

--noconfirm
.RS 4
see 'clean'
.RE
.RE
.sp
<u|unmanaged>
.RS 4
show unmanaged packages
.RE
.RE
.sp
version
.RS 4
Show version information (including git revision if it was build from git) and supported backends.
.RE


.SH EXIT STATUS
Pacdef exits with status 0 on success, 1 if an error occurs (e.g. package search did not yield any package), and 2 if invalid command line options were specified.

.SH BUGS
File bugs and feature requests under https://github.com/steven-omaha/pacdef/issues.

.SH AUTHORS
Mostly 'steven-omaha'.
Contributors under https://github.com/steven-omaha/pacdef/graphs/contributors.

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR pacdef.yaml(5)