SOLV(1)

💖 SOLV 💖

okay so bestie, quick vibe check: this is solv, a lil' example package manager built on top of libsolv. Yes, a whole manpage for a demo tool. Iconic behavior honestly. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

solv — an example package manager based on libsolv. she's a demo, she's cute, she's not here to replace your real package manager, and that's the whole point. 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

solv install [OPTIONS] PKG...

solv erase [OPTIONS] PKG...

solv list [OPTIONS] PKG...

solv info [OPTIONS] PKG...

solv search [OPTIONS] STRING...

solv verify [OPTIONS] PKG...

solv update [OPTIONS] PKG...

solv dist-upgrade [OPTIONS] PKG...

solv repolist [OPTIONS]

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

So like… solv exists to demo some features of the libsolv library. That's it, that's the job. It is not meant to replace a real package manager — fr fr, it doesn't even cache downloaded packages. Not a single one. It's giving "proof of concept, not production." 💅

The way she does it: you pick a command from the synopsis, throw some options at her, and she goes to work on the dependency solving. Let's get into the options, because this is where it gets juicy.

• --root ROOTDIR — install packages using ROOTDIR as the root of the filesystem. Also lowkey important: this means the package database of ROOTDIR is what gets used. so like, everything happens in there. 🏠
• --clean — when you're erasing, also get rid of the packages you no longer need, like libraries that the erased packages were using. no more hoarding, we're decluttering bestie ✨
• --best — force usage of the best package for install and update operations. and by "best" we mean normally the one with the highest version. she's picking the winner, no debate 🥇
• --testcase — write a testcase after dependency solving. like, once the solving's done, she documents the drama. 📝

🧚 Filtering Options 🧚

These ones are for filtering packages, and here's the tea: if you use the same option multiple times, the results get ORed together. So it's not "and", it's "or" — more matches, more fun. 🌈

• -i — limit the packages to installed ones only. just the ones already living on your system 🫶
• -r REPO — limit the packages to the specified repository. pick your fave repo and stick with her 💜
• --arch ARCHITECTURE — limit the packages to the specified package architecture. very specific, very demure 🎀
• --type TYPE — limit the packages to the specified package type. she has a type, literally 😭

🌟 AUTHOR 🌟

Michael Schroeder <mls@suse.de> — the mastermind, the moment, the main character who wrote all this. bow down 🫡💖

and that's the whole page bestie!! this came from libsolv, dated 10/22/2018, and it's the SOLV(1) page 🦋✨ go forth and demo some dependency solving, you got this 💅🌸