pkgbrew

non-root package manager

Usage

Install a package

$ pkgbrew install editors/emacs-nox11

Uninstall a package

$ pkgbrew deinstall editors/emacs-nox11

Upgrade a package

$ pkgbrew replace editors/emacs-nox11

Show build parameters

$ pkgbrew show-options editors/emacs24

Search a package

$ pkgbrew search emacs

Manage user repository (tap/untap)

$ pkgbrew tap <username>/<repository> # Github
$ pkgbrew untap <username>/<repository>
$ pkgbrew update # for all repository

For example,

$ pkgbrew tap NetBSD/pkgsrc-wip

Show Usage

$ pkgbrew help

Installation

$ export MAKE_JOBS=4 # Optional
$ wget -O- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tani/pkgbrew/master/bin/installer | /bin/sh
$ echo 'export PATH=$HOME/.pkgbrew/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.bashrc
$ echo 'export MANPATH=$HOME/.pkgbrew/man:$MANPATH' >> ~/.bashrc

Supported platforms

• NetBSD
• Solaris
• Linux (test environment)
• Darwin(Mac OS X) (Travis CI)
• FreeBSD

(see also pkgsrc.org)

Software requirements

• wget or curl
• gcc (and libstdc++)
• libncurses-devel
• zlib and zlib-devel

This software is written only in /bin/sh and awk, which means that POSIX compatibe.

Debian/Ubuntu

$ sudo apt-get install build-essential

Mac OSX

Set the CC variable in the environment before the script the starts. (export CC=clang)

Author

TANIGUCHI Masaya

Copyright

Copyright(c) 2016-2020 TANIGUCHI Masaya

License

BSD License (2 clause)