Using the Pakfire Console
All of the Pakfire console commands on one page!
Command line help
Need a little help remembering the pakfire commands?
pakfire help
Install package
To install the package enter the name or names. Several packages can be installed at same time.
pakfire install [-y] <package> [<package> . . . ]
After a short period the installation process starts. The Console output can be bypassed by adding with -y parameter.
Uninstall package
To uninstall a package run the following command in the Console window:
pakfire remove [-y] <package> [<package> . . . ]
Update package list
Contact the servers for new lists of pakfire packages. Updates will appear if the file is older than one day.
pakfire update
Force update of package list
Contact the servers for new lists of pakfire packages no matter the age of last update.
pakfire update --force
Upgrade all packages
Installs the latest version of all pakfire packages.
pakfire upgrade
Force upgrade of all packages
TBD - FIXME
pakfire upgrade --force
Available packages
A list of available packages can be found by using the following Command in the Console window:
pakfire list [--no-colors]
Package information
More verbose package information including dependencies, installation status and more, can be displayed using the following Command in the Console window:
pakfire info <package> [<package> ...]
Resolve dependencies
Provides a list of dependencies for each package entered.
pakfire resolvedeps package [<package> ...]
Status of pakfire
This enables Pakfire to return a Status-Summary for the Current Core-Update-Level, time since last updates, the availability of a core-/packet-update and if a reboot is required to complete an update.
This can be used by monitoring agents (e.g. zabbix_agentd) to monitor the update status of the IPFire device.
pakfire status
Manually choose a mirror
Need to pick a specific pakfire mirror? Edit the /opt/pakfire/etc/pakfire.conf file:
# Only use this mirror
#$mirror = "https://<mirror>/pakfire2";
$mirror = "https://mirror1.ipfire.org/pakfire2";
Pick a favorite server from this list:
https://mirrors.ipfire.org
- Locate the favored server
- click on the server link
- click BROWSE MIRROR
- locate and click on the
pakfire2directory - use this URL to populate the
$mirrorvariable in the/opt/pakfire/etc/pakfire.conffile.