cupt_howto(7)

NAME

cupt_howto - how to use cupt(1) package manager

When using commands that modify a system, you have to either execute
cupt with root priviledes or supply '--simulate' (or '-s') option.

How do I:
upgrade the whole system?: cupt full-upgrade
upgrade the system without removing packages?: cupt safe-upgrade
install a package?: cupt install <package name>
install several packages at once?: cupt install <package name 1> <package name 2> .. <package name N>
remove a package?: cupt remove <package name>
remove several packages at once?: cupt remove <package name 1> <package name 2> .. <package name N>
remove a package along with its configuration files?: cupt purge <package name>
update repository metadata?: cupt update
print info about package?: cupt show <package name>
print only dependencies for a package?: cupt depends <package name>
print reverse dependencies for a package?: cupt rdepends <package name>
search for a package?: cupt search <keyword 1> <keyword2> .. <keyword N>

How do I:
print info about available releases?: cupt policy
print info about pins and available versions for a package?: cupt policy <package name>
print info about many packages?: cupt show <package name 1> <package name 2> .. <package name N>
print all configuration variables?: cupt config-dump
print a particular configuration variable?: cupt config-dump <variable>
see Debian changelog for a package?: cupt changelog <package name>
see copyright info for a package?: cupt copyright <package name>
specify a particular version for a package?: <package name>=<version string> (example: cupt install
proxychains=3.1-2)
specify a particular acrhive/codename for a package?: <package name>/<archive> (example: cupt install libc6/experimental); <package name>/<codename> (example: cupt install proxychains/lenny)
see versions of packages for install/remove/upgrade/etc. ?: use '--show-versions' option
see why cupt decided to do that particular action?: use '--show-reasons' option
install and remove packages simultaneously?: Examples:; cupt install <package name to install> <package name to remove>; cupt remove <package name to remove> <package name to install>+
satisfy particular dependency relation expressions?: cupt satisfy
mark the package as automatically installed?: cupt markauto <package name>
mark the package as manually installed?: cupt unmarkauto <package name>