BPM(1) FreeBSD General Commands Manual BPM(1)
NAME
bpm - menu-based binary package manager
SYNOPSIS
bpm [-hnVv] [-b baseURL] [-m machine] [-r release] [-w seconds]
DESCRIPTION
The bpm command is used to locate and install binary packages from any
reachable URL.
The following command-line options are supported:
-b baseURL
Specify a base URL from which to download binary packages. The
default URL is ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages.
-h Print a help message and then exit.
-m machine
Use machine as the machine architecture to be used, instead of
that returned by uname(1).
-n Don't actually execute the commands to add the package.
-r release
Use release as the operating system release to be used, instead
of that returned by uname(1).
-V Print version number and exit.
-v Turn on verbose output.
-w seconds
The number of seconds to wait after displaying an error message
and returning to normal menu operations.
bpm provides a menu-based binary package manager for NetBSD. bpm first
connects to the URL using ftp(1), and displays a list of categories for
which binary packages exist. If no categories are displayed, it could be
that the machine architecture or operating system release string have
been wrongly interpreted, and that it will be necessary to override this
values by means of the command line options. Within a category, a list
of packages will be displayed, and by selecting one using the number
assigned to it, the package will be downloaded automatically, and
installed, using the pkg_add(1) utility. It is also possible to change
the category currently being examined, and to quit from the utility,
simply by selecting the appropriate choices on the menu.
ENVIRONMENT
The environment variables which govern the behavior of ftp(1) and
pkg_add(1) are valid for bpm.
SEE ALSO
ftp(1), pkg_add(1), uname(1)
AUTHORS
The bpm utility was written by Alistair Crooks <
[email protected]>.
FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8 August 3, 2007 FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8