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Is the ROOT environment variable honored for install and upgrading?

April 26, 2017Environment honored install upgrading

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Is the ROOT environment variable honored for install and upgrading?

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Yes, if you have been using ROOT with installpkg and upgradepkg, slapt-get will modify where it looks for the package logs based on this environment variable. For example export ROOT=/home/keary/newroot would make slapt-get look in /home/keary/newroot/var/log/packages for installed package information and install all upgraded/new packages in /home/keary/newroot instead of / All calls to installpkg, removepkg, and upgradepkg will be passed along this environment variable. See the installpkg(8) manpage. NOTE: Be sure to run ldconfig -r $ROOT to ensure appropriate library links are built.