pkgix

Set up prefix environments and install packages inside them.

pkgix is a very lightweight package manager, intended to setup software in environments where root access is not available or installing the software system-wide is not desirable.

Package description files can be located inside repositories accessible via multiple URLs. The following protocols are supported: file:// (default), http://, https://, ftp://.

Written in BASH making use of standard POSIX tools.

Setup

It is possible to run pkgix directly, if you provide a valid repository.

By default pkgix looks for a repository in ~/pkgix-repo/pkgs. Repositories can be specified using the -r flag, but it is recommended to export the repository URL/path with PKGIX_REPOS="<repos...>" (separated by ;). See the Repositories section below for list of known repositories.

Recommended:

• Add <path-to-pkgix>/bin to your PATH.
• source "<path-to-pkgix>/share/pkgix/helper-inc.sh"; currently supported: bash, zsh. Provides the pkgix-activate and pkgix-deactivate functions; annotates shell prompt to indicate active prefix environment.

Examples

# Install gcc 4.4 and make 3.80 into 'old-build-tools' from repository.
$ pkgix install old-build-tools dev/gcc-4.4 dev/make-3.80

# Starts a new shell in the chosen prefix environment.
$ pkgix chenv old-build-tools

# Add a remote repository. Additional URLs are processed in
# order, until the requested package description file is found.
$ pkgix -r https://raw.github.com/pkgix/pkgix-repo/master/pkgs install some-prefix dev/gcc-4.4

Repositories

List of known repository URLs:

1. pkgix-repo: https://raw.github.com/pkgix/pkgix-repo/master/pkgs