OVERVIEW

pkgman is a package management tool that extends the functionality of basic utilities such as pkgmk and pkgutils.

Originally forked from CRUX prt-get at commit da6bfb0 (Fri Oct 16 2020), pkgman has since been modernized and developed independently.

See the git log for full history.

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REQUIREMENTS

Build-time

• C++17 compiler (GCC 8+, Clang 5+)
• Meson
• Ninja
• libpkgcore
• scdoc(1) to generate manual pages (enabled by default via the manpages option)
• pkg-config(1) for dependency discovery

Runtime

• POSIX sh(1p) to execute pre/post scripts (configurable)
• pkgmk to build packages (configurable)
• pkgutils to add/update/remove packages (configurable)

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INSTALLATION

General

Configure and build with Meson:

meson setup build \
    --prefix=/usr \
    --sysconfdir=/etc \
    --buildtype=release \
    --wrap-mode=nodownload \

ninja -C build

Install:

DESTDIR="$PKG" ninja -C build install

Common options:

meson setup build ... \
    -D link_mode=static \
    -D manpages=true \
    -D bashcomp=true \
    -D vimfiles=true \

Use meson configure build to inspect available options.

Link Mode

pkgman can be built against shared or static external dependencies (e.g., libpkgcore).

Shared:

meson setup build ... -D link_mode=shared
meson compile -C build

Static:

meson setup build ... -D link_mode=static
meson compile -C build

For generic static packaging, keep LTO disabled unless the whole toolchain is prepared for static LTO archives.

Important

Static builds disable PIE (position-independent executables), since PIE requires a dynamic loader and is incompatible with -static.

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DOCUMENTATION

Manual pages are provided in /man and installed under the system manual hierarchy.

Release notes are maintained in NEWS.md.

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LICENSE

pkgman is licensed under the GNU General Public License v2 or later.

See COPYING for license terms and COPYRIGHT for notices.

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