pacsym

README

pacsym

A package manager powered by symlinks.

How to use

The package manager assumes that all software installed is installed with /usr/pkg/<packagename>/<packageversion>. The same software may not have two versions of the same software installed at the same time, it would cause a slot conflict which the software doesn't know yet how to handle.

To build software you pass the build command

pacsym build <URL> [OPTIONS] [MAKEFLAGS]

If the package is stored locally you may pass the --local flag and write

pacsym build </PATH/TO/TARBALL> --local ...OPTIONS] [MAKEFLAGS]

When the software is done compiling you have to put it into the /usr/pkg/<PACKAGENAME>/<PACKAGEVERSION hierarchy by passing the install command.

pacsym <PACKAGENAME> <PACKAGEVERSION> [MAKEFLAGS]

You need to put in a <PACKAGENAME> and <PACKAGEVERSION> to be used with the previously built package.

Now that you've compiled and installed the packages into the /usr/pkg/ hierarchy they have to be symlinked, which will make symlinks in the place where they would usually be installed in accordance to the Makefile of the package you installed.

pacsym sync

Dependencies

The only dependecy for pacsym is go and wget, where wget is optional and only used for URL powered builds.

How to install

All you have to do to install pacsym is to download the repository, execute

make
make install

and it will install, compile and symlink in compliance to pacsym.

Note

To follow true with the nature of LFS, I recommend to look at the source code of the package manager so you truly understand what it's doing to your system.