GNU* Ports

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• not affiliated with GNU project
  nor with any other related FSF project

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WARNING: HIGHLY EXPERIMENTAL & EXTREMELY DANGEROUS!!!

NOT READY FOR THE USAGE!!!

What?

proof-of-concept for minimal tiny basic simple source-based packet manager

Why?

Goal: get consistent support of software from sources alongside with package systems (rpm/deb) without conflicts.

Inspired by: BSD ports, macports, homebrew, etc.

Main idea: KISS, keep it simple as much, as possible.

Required GNU tools:

• GCC
• bash
• make
• coreutils
  • cp
  • rm
  • mv
  • touch
  • sort
  • uniq
• GNU utils
  • grep
• console web downloader:
  • curl -O / wget / aria2
• optional:sum checker:
  • md5 / sha256 / sha512
• optional:VCS:
  • git
  • svn

Basic usage

Install gnuports:

$ git clone git@github.com:ia/gnuports.git
$ cd gnuports
$ sudo ./port self-check
$ sudo ./port self-install
$ export PATH=/opt/gports/bin:$PATH

Init current repo base:

$ sudo port add-host hosts/ports.github.com

Install package:

$ sudo port install gdb

Remove package:

$ sudo port remove gdb