UserPKG

UserPKG is a convenient front-end for pkgsrc, simplifiying the installation and usage of third-party software. No administrator access needed.

Requirements

• Linux (primary testing happens on CentOS6 at the moment, but should work on Slackware and Debian based distros)
• Qt (only tested on v4.6+)
• Bash (or proper sh, not dash etc)
• GNU tar required (during first-run)
• XZ required (during first-run)
• NCurses libraries/headers required (yum install ncurses-devel)
• Build essentials (gcc-g++, glibc-devel etc)

Install

git clone https://github.com/dracolinux/UserPKG.git
cd UserPKG
git submodule update -i
cd DracoPKG/lib ; qmake CONFIG+=libpkgsrc CONFIG+=staticlib PREFIX=$(pwd)/../build  && make install
cd ../../ ; qmake CONFIG+=libpkgsrc && make

make install

make INSTALL_ROOT=/my/custom/location install

or just run from folder:

./build/UserPKG

SlackBuild and spec(RPM) are also available.

Roadmap

• Version 1.0
• add cron job (check state, sync pkgsrc, check for updates, notify)
• fix progressbar feedback
• add pkgsrc sync/update blocker, also not run if bmake runs
• Switch pkgsrc branch
• save/restore ui
• move slow functions (search,list pkgs) to backend thread (added backend)
• major code cleanup (code has just been added during the alpha run, do a review)
• Version 1.5
• dbus frontend (aka SysPKG)
• At this point UserPKG will probably be merged back into DracoPKG, as syspkg and userpkg.
• NetBSD/FreeBSD support
• use pkgsrc from github instead of cvs.netbsd.org (?)
• Version 2.0
• move to libarchive (remove depend on tar+xz)
• binary package support

License

Copyright (c) 2014-2015 Ole-André Rodlie olear@dracolinux.org. All rights reserved.

UserPKG is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2.

UserPKG is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version 2 along with UserPKG. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.