The Linux Manuals (man pages) document is an important part of Linux documents. Linux Manuals are organized as several sections. Each section has a group of commands for a specific area in Linux usage, administration or development.
gpredict – real-time satellite tracking and orbit prediction program Synopsisgpredict [OPTION]… DescriptionGpredict is a real-time satellite tracking and orbit prediction program. It can track an unlimited number of satellites and display the satellite data in various visualisation modules like lists, maps and polar plots. Gpredict can also provide detailed information about upcoming satellite passes relative…
gpre – Firebird source pre-processor Synopsisgpre [option…] input output Descriptiongpre is a source pre-processor for easier writing of programs working with the raw Firebird API. It supports multiple source languages. Using gpre, you can mix special SQL-like language with the normal program source. Options-ada Source is an Ada program. -handles package name Ada only. Specifies…
gpointing-device-settings – program to configure pointing devices Synopsisgpointing-device-settings [options] DescriptionThis manual page documents briefly the gpointing-device-settings command. gpointing-device-settings is a program that allow you to control pointing devices in X session. OptionsThis program only accepts standard Gtk options and nothing on his own. See Alsohttp://live.gnome.org/GPointingDeviceSettings Authorgpointing-device-settings was written by Hiroyuki Ikezoe <poincare [at] ikezoe.net>. This…
gpodder – A Media aggregator and Podcast catcher Synopsisgpodder [options] DescriptiongPodder enables you to subscribe to RSS feeds and download podcast episodes from these feeds. Downloaded podcasts can either be synchronized to portable MP3 players (including iPods) or played back on the user’s desktop. See gpo(1) for the command-line interface. Options–version show program’s version number…
gpodder-backup – Backup and restore utility for gPodder user data Synopsisgpodder-backup [–create|–extract] <archive.gpo.tar.gz> [options] gpodder-backup –purge DescriptionThis utility can be used to create a dump of the current gPodder data (configuration files + downloads), optionally skipping the real contents of the download folder (for submitting your data to a bug report without having to transfer…
gpmetis – Partitions a graph into a specified number of parts. Synopsisgpmetis [options] graphfile nparts DescriptionRequired parameters graphfile Stores the graph to be partitioned. nparts The number of partitions to split the graph. Optional parameters -ptype=string Specifies the scheme to be used for computing the k-way partitioning. The possible values are: rb – Recursive bisectioning…
gpm-root – a default handler for gpm, used to draw menus on the root window Synopsisgpm-root [ options ] DescriptionThe program gpm-root is designed to handle Control-Mouse events to draw menus on the background of the current tty. The actual menus are described by a configuration file in the user’s home directory. Please note that…
gplink – GNU PIC linker Synopsisgplink [options] [objects] [libraries] WarningThe information in this man page is an extract from the full documentation of gputils and is limited to the meaning of the options. For complete and current documentation, refer to "gputils.ps" located in the gputils docs directory. Descriptiongplink combines a number of object and archive…
gplib – GNU PIC librarian Synopsisgplib [options] library [member] WarningThe information in this man page is an extract from the full documentation of gputils and is limited to the meaning of the options. For complete and current documentation, refer to "gputils.ps" located in the gputils docs directory. Descriptiongplib creates, modifies, and extracts from COFF archives…
gplcpt – convert GIMP colour palette (gpl) to GMT colour palette table (cpt). Synopsis gplcpt [-b rgb] [-f rgb] [-h] [-n rgb] [-o file] [-v] [-V] [file]DescriptionThe gplcpt converts GIMP(1) colour palette (gpl) files to the GMT(1) colour palette table (cpt) format. The output is a piecewise constant (step or discrete) gradient. One could use cptcont(1) program to convert…
gpk-update-viewer – GNOME PackageKit Update Viewer Synopsisgpk-update-viewer [ –verbose ] DescriptionThis manual page documents briefly the gpk-update-viewer command. gpk-update-viewer allows you to view and select updates to install. the system. See Alsogpk-dbus-service (1). gpk-log (2). gpk-install-catalog (3). AuthorThis manual page was written by Richard Hughes <richard [at] hughsie.com>.
gpk-log – GNOME PackageKit Update Preferences Synopsisgpk-log [ –verbose ] DescriptionThis manual page documents briefly the gpk-log command. gpk-log allows you to change preferences for keeping your system up to date. See Alsogpk-dbus-service (1). gpk-update-viewer (2). gpk-application (3). gpk-install-catalog (4). AuthorThis manual page was written by Richard Hughes <richard [at] hughsie.com>.
gpk-install-catalog – GNOME PackageKit Software Log Viewer Synopsisgpk-install-catalog [ –verbose ] DescriptionThis manual page documents briefly the gpk-install-catalog command. gpk-install-catalog allows you to view the software log. See Alsogpk-application (1). gpk-log (2). gpk-dbus-service (3). gpk-update-viewer (4). AuthorThis manual page was written by Richard Hughes <richard [at] hughsie.com>.
gpk-install-local-file – GNOME PackageKit Local File Helper Synopsisgpk-install-local-file [ –verbose ] [ filename ] DescriptionThis manual page documents briefly the gpk-install-local-file command. gpk-install-local-file allows you to install a local package file such as an rpm or deb file. See Alsogpk-install-package-name (1). gpk-install-provide-file (2). AuthorThis manual page was written by Richard Hughes <richard [at] hughsie.com>.
gpk-dbus-service – GNOME PackageKit Session Service Synopsisgpk-dbus-service [ –verbose ] DescriptionThis manual page documents briefly the gpk-dbus-service command. gpk-dbus-service provides the PackageKit D-Bus session API in GNOME. See Alsogpk-update-viewer (1). gpk-application (2). gpk-log (3). gpk-install-catalog (4). AuthorThis manual page was written by Richard Hughes <richard [at] hughsie.com>.
gpk-application – GNOME PackageKit Package Application Synopsisgpk-application [ –verbose ] DescriptionThis manual page documents briefly the gpk-application command. gpk-application allows you to install and remove packages. See Alsogpk-log (1). gpk-install-catalog (1). gpk-dbus-service (1). gpk-update-viewer (1). AuthorThis manual page was written by Richard Hughes <richard [at] hughsie.com>.
gpixpod – organize photos on your iPod, freely Synopsisgpixpod DescriptionGPixPod is a photo manager for all Apple iPod models which support them, written in pygtk and released under the GNU GPL 2 license or later. The project home is at http://www.gpixpod.org OptionsDon’t pass any option to launch the regular GPixPod gtk graphical user interface. GPixPod…
gpinyin – use Hanyu Pinyin Chinese in roff Synopsis[input-file …] -h –help -v –version Descriptiongpinyin is a preprocessor for groff(1) that facilitates use of the Hanyu Pinyin groff(7) files. Pinyin is a method for writing the Chinese language with the Latin alphabet. The Chinese language consists of more than four hundred syllables, each with one…
gpilot-install-file – gnome-pilot file conduit scheduler Synopsisgpilot-install-file [–now|–later] files… Descriptiongpilot-install-file is a command line tool for scheduling files to be installed on a Palm PDA by the gnome-pilot file conduilt. OptionsIn addition to a list of files to be installed gpilot-install-file takes the following options: –now Schedule the file(s) for installation and wait for the…
pic – compile pictures for troff or TeX Synopsis[ -nvCSU ] [file …] -t [ -cvzCSU ] [file …] DescriptionThis manual page describes the GNU version of pic, which is part of the groff document formatting system. pic compiles descriptions of pictures embedded within troff or TeX input files into commands that are understood by…