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keesan2 AT cyberspace.org wrote:
> 
> But you do NOT need pkgtool to install packages 
> or remove them.  You can use installpkg and removepkg.  

installpkg and removepkg are part of the pkgtool
package.

> Or even tar and rm.  

Really?  You may be able to get tar to install the
files in the right place, but it won't run the
installation scripts for you.  And when you try to
remove a package with rm, how do you know what files
to delete?

Cheers,
Steven