dccsillag / packs

A tool for synchronizing packages across machines, where you may or may not have root access.

packs

packs is a tool for synchronizing packages across machines, where you may or may not have root access. It is written in POSIX shell, and has no dependencies (though you need sudo or doas if you plan on running something that requires root access).

Overview

What does it do? / How do I specify packages?

You should have something with the following structure at your ~/.local/share/packs/ (this location can be customized through the PACKS_ROOT environment variable):

/home/daniel/.local/share/packs/
└── packages/
   ├── my_package
   └── another_package
   ...
   └── yet_another_package

And the contents of files such as my_package are shell scripts that define specific functions, such as:

install_ubuntu() {
  "$SUDO" apt install my_package
}

install_conda() {
  conda install -c conda-forge my_package
}

install_manual() {
  curl -o ~/.local/bin/my_package_bin https://example.com/my_package
}

Note: If you use Vim, you'll probably want to add # vim: ft=sh either at the beginning or at the end of the file.

Here is a list of the functions that packs knows how to use in these package scripts:

Name of the function	Corresponds to which install method
install_ubuntu	Installs a package for an Ubuntu system; root access is assumed to be required.
install_manjaro	Installs a package for a Manjaro system; root access is assumed to be required.
install_nix	Installs a package using Nix.
install_guix	Installs a package using GNU Guix.
install_pip	Installs a package using Pip.
install_conda	Installs a package using Anaconda, in an isolated environment called packs.
install_manual	Installs a package using only shell commands. This is used in the case that no package manager is available.

More coming soon!

Okay, I've specified some packages. How do I install them?

Just run the packs.sh script.

./packs.sh

If you want, to avoid having to clone this repository, you can also pipe curl into sh, as follows:

bash -c "$(curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dccsillag/packs/main/packs.sh)"