pkgm

Install pkgx packages to /usr/local.

Caution

pkgm is new software. Please report any issues you encounter and try it out in parallel with your current package manager.

Warning

pkgm is new software. Some features listed here are not yet implemented. You can help! Or we’ll get to it soon.

Usage

$ pkgm install git
# ^^ installs latest git

$ pkgm install git@2.41
# ^^ installs git^2.41 or switches out the installed git to 2.41

$ pkgm uninstall git

$ pkgm list
# ^^ lists what is installed

$ pkgm outdated
# ^^ lists outdated installations

$ pkgm update
# ^^ updates installed packages to latest versions

$ pkgm pin git
# ^^ prevents the installed git from being updated

Note

Commands call sudo as needed.

Tip

• pkgm i is an alias for pkgm install
• pkgm rm is an alias for pkgm uninstall
• pkgm ls is an alias for pkgm list
• pkgm up is an alias for pkgm update

Installation

brew install pkgxdev/made/pkgm || curl https://pkgx.sh | sh

Uninstallation

brew rm pkgm || sudo rm /usr/local/bin/pkgm

Intricacies

1. Packages are installed via pkgx to ~/.pkgx
2. We then sudo hard-link them to /usr/local/pkgs
3. We then symlink the hard-links to /usr/local

Advantages Over Homebrew

• Blazingly fast
• Install specific versions of any pkg
• You install by executable name—thus you don’t have to do a search first
• Installed packages are installed as root