Tup-config is a software configuration system based on the Linux Kernel configuration system (Kconfig). It is designed to integrate with the Tup build system. The goal of this project is to enhance the kernel build tools so they can easily be used to configure any software package while remaining backward-compatible with the kernel configuration system.
Currently the only changes to this software are to modify the build system
and add two new commands, pushd and popd (added by
Mike Shal to support the
Gittup project).
This software package includes various programs for working with Kconfig files.
This is a command line application. Depending on what environment variables
are set this application will behave differently. This is the application
that runs when you configure the kernel with make config, make oldconfig,
etc.
This is an Ncurses-based program. It
incorporates a modified version of the code from
Dialog to draw widgets. This is the
application that runs when you configure the kernel with make menuconfig.
This is a newer Ncurses-based program
which uses the Panel & Menu Ncurses libraries. This is the application that
runs when you configure the kernel with make nconfig.
This is a graphical configuration application based on
Gtk+ and Glade. To build
tup-gconf you will need the Gtk+ and Glad development files. This is the
application that runs when you configure the kernel with make gconfig.
This is a graphical configuration application based on Qt. To build
tup-qconf this application you will need the Qt development files. This is
the application that runs when you configure the kernel with make xconfig.
The Tup-config software is configured using the Kconfig format. Ostensibly
you would require one of the Tup-config programs to configure this package.
In order to solve this conundrum a default configuration file is included
with the source code. The default configuration will build tup-conf and
tup-mconf (requires Ncurses).
If Ncurses is not available you can disable it in the default configuration:
CONFIG_TUP_CONFIG_MCONF=n
CONFIG_TUP_CONFIG_LXDIALOG=n
Tup-config is built using Tup, so you will want to get the source code and install it. The Tup website explains how to install Tup (there are even instruction for Windows & Mac). Once Tup is installed, you can build like so (from the root of the source tree):
$ tup init
$ tup upd
If you used the default configuration then the configuration programs
conf/tup-conf and mconf/tup-mconf should be built.
Currently the is no straightforward way (that I'm aware of) to automate the
installation process with Tup. No problem, simply copy the built programs
somewhere into your PATH:
$ sudo cp conf/tup-conf /usr/local/bin
$ sudo cp mconf/tup-mconf /usr/local/bin
You should now be able to reconfigure Tup-config with the newly installed programs.