Settings menu

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# 3.5. Settings menu

The items in the Settings menu are:

Settings->Show Toolbar

  Toggle displaying the toolbar

Settings->Save Settings

  Save options immediately

Settings->Configure Key Bindings

  The standard KDE dialog for setting shortcut keys

Settings->Configure Toolbars

  The standard KDE dialog for configuring tool bars

Settings->Options
  Types

    Which package types to handle, Debian using DPKG and Debian using APT are listed separately, it is not a good idea to enable both at the same time.

  Directory Cache

    Whether to cache remote (FTPed) directories and Package files.

  Package Cache

    Whether to cache remote package files that have been fetched

  misc
    Use SSH for privileged commands

      Use SSH instead of SU for running privileged commands

    Verify file list

      If set the list of files in the package is checked to see if they are actually installed

    Read information from all local package files

      If set all the files from a (local) package directory are read instead of just using the files names, this is slower but shows more information.

Settings->Location of available packages
  Location RPM

    This provides for specifying the location of package directories (either local or FTP), each line includes an entry where the URL or name of the directory can be typed in, a ... button that brings up a file selector and a Use radio button that determines whether the directory given in the line is to be used or not. The SubDirs radio button indicates whether to recurse down into sub-directories. The multiple panels are just for convenience.

  Location BSD

    The first panel gives the location of the ports tree in the file system

    The other panel allows the specifying the location of packages directories i.e. those containing `INDEX` files

  Location DEB

    There are three different types of panels.

    - The first three panels have an entry for the location of the Debian distribution tree, a combo box for the distribution name and a combo box for the architecture

    - The next two panels allow the specification of a Debian distribution tree and the location of Packages files in that distribution.

    - The last three panels specify directories the same way as for RPMs.

  Location SLACK

    For Slackware packages there are three types of panels

    - The first panel is the location of a `PACKAGES.TXT` file which is used to provided information on the installed packages

    - The next four panels can be used to specify the location of distributions with the directory tree containing the `.tgz` files and the location of the corresponding `PACKAGES.TXT` file

    - The last two panels are for directories that do not have a corresponding `PACKAGES.TXT` file

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