From ac9a970bab64b1294c05bfb9ccbc2d0c837580e1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Albert S Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2023 16:05:36 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] update README --- README.md | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 3b51c76..7f4ca0f 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ # debfetcher -debfetcher automates fetching and installing certain .deb packages from apt repos. +debfetcher enables fetching, installing and updating certain .deb packages from apt repos for non-Debian +distributions. ## Features - apt signature and package checksum verification @@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ Often they are not available in the repos of others distros. Even if they are, s Examples for such packages are: Brave, Signal-Desktop, Element-Desktop, Spotify etc. -debfetcher can fetch such packages from the official apt repos. +debfetcher can fetch such packages from the official apt repos and keep them up to date. The binaries in the .deb actually work on other distributions (often) @@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ A template contains the repo URI, package name etc and specifies where to extrac ``` ## User-level installation -If you don't need/want a system-wide installation , debfetcher can be used to install a package in your local user profile. Therefore, debfetcher can be used without polluting your /. +If you don't need/want a system-wide installation of a package, debfetcher can be used to install a package in your local user profile. Therefore, debfetcher can be used without polluting your /. Refer to `debfetcher.user.conf.sample` to change the appropriate settings. @@ -73,6 +74,8 @@ Execute DEBFETCHER_CONFIG="/path/to/debfetcher.user.conf" ./debfetcher.sh get signal ``` +Note: The config directories don't change. + ## Usage ### Install a package ```