mapkg

A Packet manager for *NIX, via a POSIX compliant sh shell script.

Originally created by Giovanni Santini to manage his Linux From Scratch systems.

Usage: ./mapkg.sh [options] [packages]

Options:
    install <package> <version>: Install the specified package[s]
    search  <package>: Search if a package map exists
    remove  <package>: Remove the specified package[s]
    upgrade <package>: Upgrade the specified package[s]
    update: Update the package list
    list: List all the installed packages
    help: Print this help message
    version: Print the version of the script

Installation

Clone this repo in /opt or specify the installation path in MAPKG_PATH. You will use mapkg.sh to manage your packages, add It's location to your path or copy it in /usr/bin. The packages will be installed in MAPKG_PATH/bin so you should add this to your path aswell. That's it.

Repository structure

All build scripts (that will be referred to as "maps") are stored in a tree structure in maps with the following structure:

- maps
   - category
      - package
         - version

For example, gcc-14.1 would be found in:

- maps
  - dev
    - gcc
      - 14.1.0

The location of the map is either specified in MAPKG_PATH/maps env variable or in a default location /opt/mapkg/maps.

Maps

Each map contains a build script with the following options:

• list of dependencies
• download
• installation
• clean the build
• remove
• metadata: description and other things

When you want to install a package, the instructions on the map are executed and the result is saved in MAPKG_PATH/bin.

Example map: fastfetch

Updates

Maps are updated via git by fetching this repository, either using a known tag or from master branch.