Conary:QuickReference
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This page provides a quick reference for Conary commands used by system administrators for day-to-day maintenance for Conary-based systems. rPath recommends using rPath Appliance Platform Agent for appliance administration when it is available, and the commands shown here can be used on desktop distributions or appliances when command line access is necessary.
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| Get information about installed and available software | |
| conary query | |
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$> conary query example | Query installed software for information about its components and update path Read more |
| conary repquery | |
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$> conary repquery | more | Query software available for installation from Conary repositories Read more |
| conary verify | |
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$> conary verify --all | Verify whether changes have been made to installed files Read more |
| conary config | |
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$> conary config | Display Conary configuration details in the current scope Read more |
| Update and roll back software and the entire system | |
| conary update | |
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#> conary update example=conary.rpath.com@rpl:1 | Install and update software from a Conary repository, including updating to an earlier version Read more |
| conary updateall | |
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#> conary updateall | Update the top-level groups and any additional troves not under those groups. --apply-critical installs only critical updates needed by Conary itself. Read more |
| conary migrate | |
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#> conary migrate group-top-level | Migrate all Conary-managed components to a target version of a top-level group, including removing components that are not managed in the target version, and yet keeping configuration files and unmanaged files intact by default. Pass options to override some default behaviors with regards to removing unmanaged and managed files. Read more |
| conary remove | |
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#> conary remove /usr/share/example/example.doc | Remove a file from the system and from Conary management, ensuring it is not reinstalled during Conary updates of the package or group containing it Read more |
| conary erase | |
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#> conary erase example | Uninstall software (package or group) Read more |
| conary rollback | |
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#> conary rollback 1 | Roll back a system to a prior state, before one or more conary update commands Read more |
| conary rblist | |
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#> conary rblist | more | List the available rollback operations and the update operations that would be reversed during each rollback Read more |
| Update the kernel | |
| conary pin | |
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#> conary pin example | Pin an installed trove (typically a component, package, or group) to prevent it from being modified or removed during a conary udpate or conary erase; kernels are pinned by default Read more |
| conary unpin | |
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#> conary unpin example | Unpin an installed trove (typically a component, package, or group) to allow it to be modified by conary udpate or conary erase Read more |
| Work with Changeset Files | |
| conary showcs | |
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$> conary showcs example-1.0.ccs | Show the contents of a changeset created by Conary and used to install, modify, or remove software on a Conary-based system; contents include what files will be added, changed, or removed when the changeset is applied with conary update Read more |