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Stowpkg: ports system based on GNU Stow
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A portable, non-conflicting Unix package manager built atop of [GNU Stow](https://www.gnu.org/software/stow/).
Features
--------
* Non-conflicting with any other package management in use (distro-specific, npm, pip, etc).
* Multi-target support: you can keep may isolated and independent software trees.
* Multi-distro support: works for any GNU/Linux and possible any BSD-variant.
* Repository signature verification using GnuPG and signed git commits.
* Small enough so everybody can learn how a package manager works.
Installation
------------
Simply clone it and add to your `$PATH`:
git clone https://git.fluxo.info/stowpkg
You can also verify the latest commit's OpenPGP signature:
/usr/bin/git -C stowpkg verify-commit HEAD
You'll also need some dependencies. On a Debian-like system those can be
installed using
sudo apt install stow build-essential
Usage
-----
stowpkg install <package> # install packages from source
stowpkg switch <package> <version> # switch a package to another available version
stowpkg remove <package> # remove packages
stowpkg reinstall <package> # reinstall packages
stowpkg build # simple package builder (./configure && make && make install)
stowpkg search # list packages available on ports
stowpkg list # list packages installed
stowpkg sources # list program sources available
stowpkg binaries # list program binaries available
stowpkg purge <package> # purge packages
stowpkg upgrade <package> # upgrade packages
stowpkg update # update ports repository
Running installed applications
------------------------------
Make sure to include stowpkg package tree into your `PATH`, `MANPATH`, `LD_LIBRARY_PATH`, etc.
Configuration
-------------
Use `~/.config/stowpkg` do put any default parameters. Current supported params include
* `BASE`: defaults to `<stowpkg-repo>/tree/<architecture>`, but can be configured to anything like
`/usr/local` with corresponding packages installed at `/usr/local/stow`.
Filesystem layout
-----------------
Current ports tree is distributed directly along with `stowpkg` source repository.
A binary repository has the following layout starting from `$BASE` (like `/usr/local`):
{bin,lib,man,share,etc,src}: usual Unix paths
stow
package_name-VERSION
What it does
------------
If you want to do it manually:
sudo apt install <luakit-depencies>
git clone https://github.com/luakit/luakit
cd luakit
make PREFIX=/usr/local/stow/luakit
sudo make PREFIX=/usr/local/stow/luakit install
cd /usr/local/stow/
sudo stow luakit
Further development
-------------------
* Automatic application patching.
* Source code verification using multiple methods (commit hash, checksums, OpenPGP).
* Port releases using git branches and tags, allowing to swtich the current
installed applications' versions by doing a `git checkout` and a `stowpkg
switch`: that way you could easily switch all packages to the versions shipped
in a given branch.
Other commands can easily be implemented:
stowpkg upstream <package> # check packages versions at upstream
Also, per-architecture binary package support might be implemented using
git-annex and GnuPG signatures, giving us commands like
stowpkg pack <package> # pack an installed package
stowpkg fetch <package> # fetch package from the repo
References
----------
* [GNU Stow Docs](http://www.gnu.org/software/stow/manual/html_node/index.html).
* [Using GNU Stow to manage source installs](http://blog.danieroux.com/2005/08/07/using-gnu-stow-to-manage-source-installs/).
* [Get rid of stowaway packages with GNU Stow](https://www.linux.com/news/get-rid-stowaway-packages-gnu-stow).
* [GoboLinux](https://gobolinux.org/).
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