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              PKG - the package manager for the SvarDOS system


*** GENERAL INFORMATION ***

PKG installs, updates and removes software *.SVP packages. Such packages are
distributed with the SvarDOS system and may also be obtained with PKGNET from
the online SvarDOS repository.

PKG is configured through the %DOSDIR%\PKG.CFG configuration file. This file
provides information about the directories where packages have to be installed.
An example is shown at the bottom of this file below.

PKG can display its messages in a variety of languages. To select its language,
it looks at the %LANG% environment variable (for example "SET LANG=PL") and
loads translated messages from its PKG.LNG language file, that should be in the
same directory as PKG.EXE. If the LNG file cannot be found, or if the %LANG%
variable points at a language that is not supported by PKG, then all messages
are displayed in english.


*** LICENSE ***

PKG is published under the terms of the MIT license.

Copyright (C) 2016-2024 Mateusz Viste

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.


*** EXAMPLE CONFIGURATION FILE ***

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# EXAMPLE PKG.CFG                                                            #
# Lines starting with "#" are comments and are ignored by PKG                #
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# The system's boot drive, used to install the DOS kernel, COMMAND.COM etc
BOOTDRIVE C

# Where SvarDOS "CORE" files are to be installed
DIR BIN C:\SVARDOS

# Games
DIR GAMES C:\GAMES

# Programs, utilities
DIR PROGS C:\

# Drivers
DIR DRIVERS C:\DRIVERS

# Development tools (compilers, linkers, disassemblers...)
DIR DEVEL C:\DEVTOOLS

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