OVERVIEW

pkgutils is a collection of utilities for working with software packages:

• pkgadd(8) - install package
• pkgrm(8) - remove package
• pkginfo(1) - show package information
• pkgchk(1) - check package integrity

This distribution is a fork of CRUX pkgutils at commit 9ca0da6 (Sat Nov 17 2018) with the following differences:

• Code organized into a library libpkgcore and utilities
• GNU-style options, help, and usage output
• Improved adherence to GNU Coding Standards
• Manual pages in scdoc(5) format
• Split pkgadd(8) manual into pkgadd(8) and pkgadd.conf(5)
• Vim syntax highlighting for pkgadd.conf
• New utility pkgchk(1) for integrity checks

See the git log for full history.

Original sources:

• https://git.crux.nu/tools/pkgutils.git

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REQUIREMENTS

Build-time

• C++11 compiler (GCC 4.8.1+, Clang 3.3+)
• Meson
• Ninja
• pkg-config(1)
• libpkgcore
• libpkgaudit
• scdoc(1) to generate manual pages

Also see rejmerge, a utility for merging files rejected by pkgadd(8) during package upgrades.

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INSTALLATION

General

# Configure
meson setup build

# Compile
meson compile -C build

# Install
meson install -C build

Link Mode

pkgutils can be built against shared or static libpkgcore, and libpkgaudit.

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.

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DOCUMENTATION

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

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LICENSE

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

See COPYING for license terms and COPYRIGHT for notices.