4 Menus
This describes the Kpackage menus.
It is possible to set the keyboard shortcuts associated with menu entries
by selecting the menu entry and then typing the single quote key
' followed by the key to be bound to the menu item (for KDE
versions post 1.1)
4.1 File menu
The items in this File menu are:
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Open
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Brings up file selector for local and ftp
files
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Open URL
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Allows the entry of a URL for either local,
ftp or http files
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Open Recent
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A list of the most recently open package
files
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Find Package
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Search the installed package list for a package
who's name contains the entered string
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Find File
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Produces a list of packages that contain the
entered file name, selecting a line will display the information on that
package. It behaves slightly differently for RPM (where you have to enter
the exact file name) and DEB (where you can enter a regular expression).
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Reload
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Reread the package data and rebuild the package
tree
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Quit
4.2 Packages menu
The items in the Packages menu are:
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Expand Tree
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Fully expands the packages tree
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Collapse Tree
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Collapses the package tree so that only the tree structure is shown
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Clear selected
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Unselects all the packages
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Multiple Selection Mode/Single Selection Mode
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Toggles between the mode where only and single package at a time can be
selected and the mode where many packages can be selected
4.3 Options menu
The items in the Options menu are;
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Options
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Package Display
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This determines which packages are displayed
in the package tree, whether all packages, just the new ones, just the
updated ones or just the installed ones.
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Directory Cache
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Whether to cache remote (FTPed) directories
and Package files.
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Package files
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Whether to cache remote package files that
have been fetched
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misc
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Verity file list
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If set the list of files in the package is
checked to see if they are actually installed
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Read information from all local package files
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If set all the files from a (local) package
directory are read instead of just using the files names, this is slower
but shows more information.
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Keys
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The standard KDE dialog for setting shortcut
keys (KDE post 1.1)
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Location of uninstalled packages:
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Location RPM
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This provides for specifying the location
of package directories (either local or FTP), each line includes an entry
where the URL or name of the directory can be typed in, a "..." button
that brings up a file selector and a "Use" radio button that determines
whether the directory given in the line is to be used or not. The multiple
panels are just for convenience.
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Location KISS
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The two panels specify directories containing
KISS packages
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Location BSD
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The first panel gives the location of
the ports tree in the file system
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The other panel allows the specifying the
location of packages directories ie those containing INDEX files
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Location DEB
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The first two panels work the same way as
for RPMs, the others allow the specification of a Debian distribution and
the location of Packages files in that distribution.
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Location SLACK
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For Slackware packages there are three
types of panels
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The first panel is the location of a PACKAGES.TXT
file which is used to provided information on the installed packages
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The next four panels can be used to specify
the location of distributions with the directory tree containing the .tgz
files and the location of the corresponding PACKAGES.TXT file
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The last two panels are for directories that
do not have a corresponding PACKAGES.TXT file
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Hide Tool Bar
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Activate/Deactivate the tool bar
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Save Settings Now
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Save the current options setting immediately
instead of when Kpackage exits.
4.4 Cache menu
The items in the Cache menu are:
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Clear Package Directory Cache
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Delete cached copies of remote package directories
and Packages files
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Clear Package Cache
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Delete cached copies of remote package files
that have been fetched
4.5 Toolbar
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Open
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Expand Package Tree
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Collapse Package Tree
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Find Package
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Find File
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Reload
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Quit