The Package Manager

The SyncroSim Package Manager is a command line application called SyncroSim.PackageManager.exe. To run the Package Manager, open a command window, navigate to the SyncroSim installation folder, and type:

SyncroSim.PackageManager.exe

Syntax

The Package Manager command-line syntax is:

SyncroSim.PackageManager.exe [argument, argument, ...]

• All arguments are case sensitive
• All arguments begin with two dashes (--)
• If an argument has a value it must be in the format --argument=value
• The value for an argument must be enclosed in quotes if it contains spaces.

Arguments

available

Lists available packages.

installed

Lists installed packages and shows the status of each package (e.g. OK, Failed, Duplicate).

install={name}

Installs the specified package from the online package repository.

finstall={name}

Installs the specified package file.

xinstall={name}

Installs the specified package from a folder.

uninstall={name}

Uninstalls the specified package.

updates

Lists packages with updates available from the online package repository.

updateall

Updates all packages with the packages available from the online package repository.

updatepkg={name}

Updates the specified package from the online package repository.

create={dir}

Creates a new package from a folder.

metadata={file}

Shows metadata for a package file.

location

Displays the local package repository location.

rlocation

Displays the remote package repository location.

verbose

Verbose mode (e.g. for --available.)

file={file}

An optional file name (e.g. for --create.)

force

Continues without prompting (e.g. for --create.)

csv

Output is in CSV format (for --available and --installed only.)

Examples

List the installed packages:

SyncroSim.PackageManager.exe --installed

List the packages that are available from the online package server:

SyncroSim.PackageManager.exe --available

Install the stsim package from the online package server:

SyncroSim.PackageManager.exe --install=stsim