explodepkg(8)
NAME
explodepkg - Extract the contents of a tar+GNUzip package
(such as a Slackware software package) in the current
directory.
SYNOPSIS
explodepkg package [ package2, package3, ... ]
DESCRIPTION
explodepkg uncompresses and untars Slackware *.tgz pack
ages, or any archive that was created by compressing a
tarfile with GNU zip, in the current directory. It is not
usually used to install packages, since it doesn't execute
the installation scripts in ./install or ./var/log/setup.
The primary use for explodepkg is in package maintenance exploding a package in a subdirectory, making fixes to it
or upgrading the software, and then building the updated
package with makepkg.
AUTHOR
Patrick J. Volkerding <volkerdi@slackware.com>