Click on the iconbar with the select button to see the main window that is used for maintaining the packages.
Click on the iconbar with the adjust button to see the main window with the list of packages you have installed selected in the filter.
Click on the iconbar with the menu button to show a menu with the following choices:
Info | Shows information on the PackMan application including the current version |
Help | Launches the Help file to show help on PackMan |
Choices | Shows the Choices Window that allows configuration of the options for PackMan. |
Advanced | Leads to the Advanced menu that provides advanced options for configuring the packaging system. |
Find File | Opens the Find File Dialog that allows searching for a file in the packages components field or the files that have been installed. |
Upgrade All | Upgrades all installed packages which have an upgrade available. Either the Configure Package Window is shown with all the packages that will be upgraded added to is to they can all be upgraded in one go, or a message is shown if there are no upgrades currently available. If there are no upgrades available you may want to run the update lists option and try again to see if any new upgrades have appeared since the last time you updated the lists. |
Update Lists | This downloads the latest versions of the package lists that are used to provide the list of packages that are available. It shows a window to indicate the progress of the List update. This Window also contains an "Upgrade All" button that is enabled after the download of the lists if there are any upgrades available. |
Quit | Close the package Manager |
Drag a package file from that filer and drop it onto the iconbar icon to insert a local package from the list of packages and show the Configure Packages Window with it selected for install.
Drag a package list file from the filer and drop it onto the iconbar icon to open the Install List Window to add any packages from the install list that are not already installed.
Dragging a file which is not a package, zip file or package list to the iconbar icon will open the Find File Dialog with the filename entered as the text to find.