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repo-add:tldr:d26f4
repo-add: Add all package binaries in the current directory and remove the old database file.
$ repo-add --remove ${path-to-database-db-tar-gz} ${*-pkg-tar-zst}
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This command is using the repo-add
utility to manage a package database. Let's break down the command:
repo-add
: This is the name of the utility that is being executed.--remove
: This flag tellsrepo-add
to remove the old entries for the packages being added to the database. Without this flag, the old entries would be kept, resulting in duplicate entries.${path-to-database-db-tar-gz}
: This is the path to the package database file (usually with a.db.tar.gz
extension). It is the location where the new package entries will be added.${*-pkg-tar-zst}
: This is a wildcard that represents multiple package files (usually with a.pkg.tar.zst
extension). The*-pkg-tar-zst
expression allows multiple packages to be added to the database at once.
In summary, this command removes the old entries from the package database specified by ${path-to-database-db-tar-gz}
and adds new package entries represented by ${*-pkg-tar-zst}
.
This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and
never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.