xpm

x package manager, a uniform interface to various POSIX package managers
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      1 # xpm
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      3 **x package manager**
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      5 A sh script to provide a generic interface to whatever package manager your system uses.
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      7 The goal of this project is to avoid the requirement for doing the mental check required when interfacing with your systems package manager, useful if you hop between systems frequently.
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     10 ## install
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     12 `install ./xpm.sh [INSTALL DIR]/xpm`
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     14 **INSTALL DIR** can be any directory in your *$PATH*, common locations are:
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     16 - */usr/local/bin* (requires sudo)
     17 - *~/.local/bin*
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     20 ## configure
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     22 **tracking**
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     24 xpm keeps track of installed/uninstalled packages (only what you've requested for install, not including its dependencies) in `~/.local/share/xpm/installed.txt`.
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     26 This behaviour can be disabled by setting *XPM_NOTRACK* to 1, either in your environment.
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     28 **hooks**
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     30 xpm supports 'hooks' (inspired by git-hooks). A 'hook' is a script that gets executed *after* running the specified command.
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     32 All you need to do is add the script file to execute in `~/.config/xpm/hooks` and make sure it's executable.
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     34 This is useful if you install package outside of the package manager that require a seperate command to execute, or if you want to add additional behaviour to the default xpm commands.
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     37 ## authors
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     39 - gearsix