!PackMan dissapeared after update

Hi there,

Today I updated my Risc OS 5.28 system (on a Pi 4) via !PackMan.

I simply let !PackMan download and install all the updated packages, and in fact they were updated, but after reboot I found out that !PackMan has disappeared from my system :(

Any idea on where can it be, or what happened? No errors were shown, nothing seemed to go wrong during or after the update.

Packman tends to be installed in Apps→Admin. To download again, you can find a link to it here, wiki

If PackMan updated itself, you may find that the !PackMan application has moved from $.Apps to $.Apps.Admin (or vice versa). This will mess up any shortcuts you may have on the Pinboard etc.

Note that !Packages should still be present in !Boot.Resources.

Ah, thanks for the tips!

There’s no $.Apps.Admin on my system, and !PackMan is not on $.Apps either.

If I install it again, will it keep track of the programs I installed with it?

Another thing that can go wrong on the Pi 4 is if you’ve moved !Boot to an external USB drive and are now booting up with two USB drives attached: if this is the case, it’s pot luck which of these will be assigned to drive 4. Of course, both drives will need to have a copy of !Boot installed, or the non-presence of PackMan may be the least of your worries.

If I install it again, will it keep track of the programs I installed with it?

Those details are stored in !Packages, which as mentioned above can be found in !Boot.Resources.

@Stuart Painting, thanks a lot for the detailed information.
I have now reinstalled !PackMan, this time to $.Apps.Admin, and things are working perfectly, with installed packages being tracked by it :)