Repository Operations
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pisi add-repo repo-address
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• Local addresses i.e. /home/example/pisi/repo/pisi-index.xml
• Web addresses i.e.
http://example.com/pisi/repo/pisi-index.xml
Note: Default name for repository index file is pisi-index.xml, but compressing it as pisi-index.xml.bz2 can
also be used in order to prevent high bandwidth usage.
Remove Repositories
pisi remove-repo repo-name
remove-repo command with repo-name parameter is used in order to remove repositories
Listing Repositories
list-repo command is used in order to list which repositories are available.
Updating Repositories
update-repo command is used in order to update all available repositories.
Updating Repositories
pisi update-repo repo-name
One or more repo-name parameters can be used in order to update proper repositories.
Listing Components:
list-components command is used in order to list all components in available repositories.
Listing Components:
pisi list-components repo-name
One or more repo-name parameters can be used in order to list components in proper repositories.
Creating Repository Index
index command in the repo directory is used in order to create the repository index (pisi-index.xml)
Package Operations:
Installing Packages:
pisi install package-name
pisi install package-name1 package-name2
install command with package-name parameter is used in order to install packages. Multiple packages can be
installed by separating the package names by a space.
Installing Packages:
pisi it package-name –ignore-safety
Installing just one package without installing all the upgradable packages available
Removing packages:
pisi remove package-name
pisi remove package-name1 package-name2
remove command with package-name parameter is used in order to remove packages. Multiple packages can
be removed by separating the package names by a space.
Upgrading Packages:
pisi upgrade package-name
pisi upgrade package-name1 package-name2
All available packages can be upgraded by using upgrade command without any parameters.
pisi up -dvs
upgrade command with package-name parameter is used in order to upgraded packages. Multiple packages
can be upgraded by separating the package names by a space.
Excluding Packages from upgrade:
To update all the updatable packages exceptCreating Repository Index
firefox:
pisi upgrade -x firefox
Similarly, if you don't want to update the packages that are part of the desktop.kde system component, do :
pisi upgrade -x desktop.kde
Updating just one package without updating the others
pisi upgrade package-name –ignore-safety
Getting Package Information:
pisi info package-name
pisi info package-name1 package-name2
info command with package-name parameter is used in order to get information about a package. Getting
information for multiple packages can be achieved by separating the packages names by a space.
Building Packages from Source:
pisi build /home/example/pisi/repo/pisi-index.xml
build command with package-address parameter is used in order to build packages from source.
Building Packages from Source Repository:
pisi emerge package-name
emerge command with package-name parameter is used in order to build a package and all dependencies from the source repository.
Listing Packages:
pisi list-available repo-name
list-available command with repo-name parameter is used in order to list all packages in the proper repository
Listing Packages:
list-available command is used in order to list all packages in the all repositories.
Listing Upgrades:
list-upgrades command is used in order to list upgrades in all repositories.
Listing Installed Packages:
list-installed command is used in order to list installed packages.
pisi list-installed
list-installed command with repo-name parameter is used in order to list installed packages from a proper repository
pisi list-installed repo-name
Listing Pending Packages:
list-pending command is used for listing pending package operations.
Listing Source Packages:
list-sources command is used for listing available source packages
Configuring Pending Packages
pisi configure-pending
configure-pending command is be used in order to configure packages which are not already configured by COMAR
Searching Packages:
pisi search search-key1 search-key2
searching for packages
Checking Packages:
check command with package-name parameter is used for checking if the package is installed correctly.
Other Operations:
Rebuilding PiSi Database
pisi rebuild-db
rebuild-db command is used in order to rebuild pisi package database.
Deleting Files in Cache:
delete-cache command is used in order to delete files( packages, source codes etc.) stored in cache and this clean up your System.
Searching Files:
pisi search-file /path/file
search-file command with file-name parameter is used in order to find which package does a file belong to.
Getting Package Relations:
graph command with package-name parameter is used for getting package relations via graphviz.
Removing Locks:
clean command is used in order to delete outdated locks.
Displaying history:
history command displays the history of installations/deinstallations/updates of packages.
Getting Help:
pisi help
pisi help command-name
help command is used in order to get help about pisi-cli.
help command with command-name parameter can be used for getting help about a specific command.
