GROP(8)
π GROP(8) β the glow-up edition π
okay bestie, listen. this is grop, section 8 of the System Manager's Manual. she's a whole vibe and she's here to hold your hand. π«Ά
β¨ NAME β¨
grop β X11 graphical interface for porg(8). literally the pretty face of the operation. π
π¦ SYNOPSIS π¦
grop [options]
πΈ DESCRIPTION πΈ
okay so real talk, this manual page is just gonna give you the brief rundown of the grop command. the cliff notes version. the sparknotes. iykyk. β¨
porg is a program that helps you out with package management when you're installing packages from source code. like, from source. the raw stuff. π
grop is the graphic interface of porg. she's the aesthetic version, the main character energy, the one with actual windows and buttons and everything. π
but ngl, bestie, she is NOT meant to be a replacement forporg. no cap. she's missing some important features, so don't come for her like she's the full package.gropis the cute sidekick, not the superhero. π
β OPTIONS β
this program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (-). a summary of options is included below, and yes, i made it cute, but the facts are all still there, periodt. π
-h,--helpβ Show summary of options. she'll tell you what she can do. iconic behavior honestly. π-L,--logdirβ Set the porg database directory to use. point her at the right place and she'll go. πβ¨
π SEE ALSO π
porg(8), β yeah that's it, that's the list. the one and only. the duo. π
π HOMEPAGE π
go say hi. she loves visitors. π¦
π AUTHOR π
David Ricart <icnelis@gmail.com>, et al (see AUTHORS for details).
this manual page was originally written by Brandon Griffith <brandon@logyx.net>, for the Debian system (but may be used by others). shoutout to the og. π«Άβ¨
aaaand that's the whole page, bestie! this was GROP(8) from the System Manager's Manual, dated June 14, 2016 β yes she's a 2016 girlie and she still slays. π
go forth, open that X11 window, and manage those source packages in style. mwah. πππ¦
π¦ where this page comes from
- debian bookworm: grop 2:0.10-1.2 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- ubuntu jammy: grop 2:0.10-1.2 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- ubuntu noble: grop 2:0.10-1.2build2 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- Copyright 2016 Brandon Griffith <brandon@logyx.net>
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms