1. Introduction

KPackViewer is a simple but hopefully useful package viewer for the KDE project. A very humble contribution to this great project.

KPackViewer offers some aid to System Administrators because one can see the structure of packages in general with some valuable information too.

With this tiny tool any System Administrator can quickly and easy compare the current status of the system with the package to be installed or removed thus avoiding and helping in case of trouble of automatic or semi-automatic installations.

• KPV can handle Skackware packages.
• KPV can handle RPM packages.
• KPV can handle Debian packages.
• KPV can handle TarGZip packages natural format of Slackware packs.
• KPV can handle Zip packages.
• KPV can handle BZip2 packages.
• KPV can handle LHA packages.
• KPV can handle Z and GZ packages.
• KPV can Mount a Virtual Slackware folder allowing anyone to see all Slackware packs as if they were installed without having to install them...
• KPV can show packages in a convenient Group Vision were you can "clone" KPV widgets to view individual items of the Group Structure by just double clicking an item or selecting and pressing the clone button.
• KPV can Search even INSIDE ALL packages in the Packages ListBox... And using powerfull REGEXPS... This will give you far easy simplicity to locate from where that single item came from... You can also make Multiple selections so that you can copy to clipboard and produce LOGs or even scripts to automate every sort of package task...
• KPV offers a very easy to use interface allowing the user to browse packs with easy almost anywhere. From Distribution Trees to CDROMs or even local folder repositories.

KPackViewer was written and is maintained by: Eng.Ele. Paulo Castro hook@netrio.com.br