diff --git a/lib/pkgman.lua b/lib/pkgman.lua
index eaf193c..49662f7 100644
--- a/lib/pkgman.lua
+++ b/lib/pkgman.lua
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 local serial = require "serialization"
 local dl = require "download"
+local mtar = require "libmtar"
 local pkg = {}
 pkg.cfgPath = "/boot/cfg/pkg"
 pkg.sourcePath = pkg.cfgPath .. "/sources.cfg"
 pkg.installedPath = pkg.cfgPath .. "/installed.cfg"
-require("pkgfs")
+local w, lz16 = pcall(require,"liblz16")
+if not w then lz16 = nil end
+require "pkgfs"
 
 local function getSources()
  local f = io.open(pkg.sourcePath,"rb")
@@ -54,6 +57,31 @@ end
 local function deactivatePackage(path)
  require("pkgfs").remove(path)
 end
+local function fnormalize(s)
+ return table.concat(fs.segments(s),"/")
+end
+local function installSystemPackage(path,comp)
+ local f
+ if comp and lz16 then
+  f = lz16.open(path,"rb")
+ else
+  f = io.open(path,"rb")
+ end
+ for fname, read, size in mtar.iter(f) do
+  local opath = "/boot/"..fnormalize(fname)
+  print(opath..": "..tostring(size))
+  fs.makeDirectory(opath:match("(.+)/[^/]+"))
+  local of = io.open(opath,"wb")
+  if not of then error("unable to open "..opath.." for writing") end
+  local tmp
+  repeat
+   tmp = read(2048) or ""
+   of:write(tmp)
+  until not tmp or tmp:len() < 1
+  of:close()
+ end
+ return true
+end
 
 function pkg.addRepo(name,path,cache) -- string string boolean -- boolean -- Adds a repository, referred to as *name*, to the list of package sources, with the remote path *path*. If *cache* is set, keep a local copy of the repository index.
  local sources = getSources()
@@ -76,7 +104,7 @@ function pkg.update() -- Re-download cached repository indexes.
  end
 end
 
-function pkg.list(filter) -- string -- -- Print a list of available packages matching *filter*.
+function pkg.list(filter,installed) -- string boolean -- -- Print a list of available packages matching *filter*, optionally filtering to only installed packages if *installed* is set.
  filter = filter or ""
  local pkglist = {}
  for repo,_ in pairs(getSources()) do
@@ -88,7 +116,8 @@ function pkg.list(filter) -- string -- -- Print a list of available packages mat
   end
  end
  for k,v in pairs(pkglist) do
-  print(string.format("%s/%s\n %s",v.repo,k,v.description))
+  if v.system then io.write("\27[31m") end
+  print(string.format("%s/%s: %s\27[0m\n %s\n Authors: %s",v.repo,k,v.name,v.description,v.authors))
  end
 end
 
@@ -104,25 +133,30 @@ function pkg.getMeta(pkgname) -- string -- table -- Returns the metadata for a t
  end
 end
 
-function pkg.get(pkgname,auto) -- string boolean -- boolean -- Downloads and mounts a package, identified as *pkgname*, onto the pkgfs.
+function pkg.get(pkgname,auto) -- string boolean -- boolean -- Downloads and mounts a package, identified as *pkgname,* onto the pkgfs. Setting *auto* will flag the package as automatically installed; this is used for dependencies.
  local pkginfo = pkg.getMeta(pkgname)
  if not pkginfo then error("unable to locate package "..pkgname) end
  pkginfo.manual = not auto
  fs.makeDirectory("/boot/pkg")
  for k,v in ipairs(pkginfo.dependencies or {}) do
   if not getInstalled()[v] then
-   pkg.get(v)
+   pkg.get(v,true)
   end
  end
  dl(pkginfo.repository.path.."/"..pkginfo.filename,"/boot/pkg/"..pkginfo.filename)
  local installed = getInstalled()
  installed[pkgname] = pkginfo
  saveInstalled(installed)
+ if pkginfo.system then
+  local rv = installSystemPackage("/boot/pkg/"..pkginfo.filename,pkginfo.compressed)
+  fs.remove("/boot/pkg/"..pkginfo.filename)
+  return rv
+ end
  pcall(activatePackage,"/boot/pkg/"..pkginfo.filename,pkginfo.compressed)
  return true
 end
 
-function pkg.upgrade(force) -- boolean -- boolean -- Upgrades all packages on the system to the current version stored in the relevant repository. If *force* is set, re-download all packages.
+function pkg.upgrade(force) -- boolean -- -- Upgrades all packages on the system to the current version stored in the relevant repository. If *force* is set, re-download all packages.
  pkg.update()
  fs.makeDirectory("/boot/pkg")
  local installed = getInstalled()
@@ -130,13 +164,10 @@ function pkg.upgrade(force) -- boolean -- boolean -- Upgrades all packages on th
   for pkgname,pkginfo in pairs(getRepoMeta(repo)) do
    if installed[pkgname] and pkginfo.version ~= installed[pkgname].version or force then
     pkg.remove(pkgname)
-    dl(info.path.."/"..pkginfo.filename,"/boot/pkg/"..pkginfo.filename)
-    installed[pkgname] = pkg
-    pcall(activatePackage,"/boot/pkg/"..pkginfo.filename,pkginfo.compressed)
+    pkg.get(pkgname,pkginfo.auto)
    end
   end
  end
- saveInstalled(installed)
 end
 
 function pkg.remove(pkgname) -- string -- boolean -- Remove the package *pkgname* from the pkgfs and package directory.
@@ -145,6 +176,11 @@ function pkg.remove(pkgname) -- string -- boolean -- Remove the package *pkgname
  if not pkginfo then return true end
  pcall(deactivatePackage,"/boot/pkg/"..pkginfo.filename)
  fs.remove("/boot/pkg/"..pkginfo.filename)
+ if pkginfo.system then
+  for k,v in pairs(pkginfo.files) do
+   fs.remove(v)
+  end
+ end
  installed[pkgname] = nil
  saveInstalled(installed)
  return true