vpm is a simple to use, daily-driver enhancement to the awesome XBPS (X Binary Package System), initially designed as a helper tool for use with VoidLinux. Feel free to think "Void Package Management" or something if it helps you remember its name, but please note that it's NOT a "package manager" in the nitpickers understanding of the word - especially vpm shouldn't be confused with XBPS - vpm is just an addon helper tool for XBPS to make your life easier. That's it.
I initially found XBPS to have a steep learning-curve, so I wanted to ease the life of new VoidLinux users, and XBPS users in general. Please don't feel afraid to look up the corresponding XBPS commands it translates to, or use vpm --show-translations so you even see the translations already when using vpm help. It has been said that vpm will ease the transition from Debian's APT, and some other user-friendly repository/package-managers.
Rainbows and unicorns, indeed. If you like colorized output, please see the --color=true option, too! All vpm options try to have human readable and easy to remember syntax, no --long-option-with-multiple-complex-words, no need to even prefix arguments with --, vpm just tries to do its best it can to understand the user (there are some command-line-switches, though, see vpm help).
vpm requires BASH, the Bourne Again SHell, which should be installed by default on a new VoidLinux system. You also will need git to obtain a clone of the vpm GitHub repository (see "Installation" section, below).
# Installation
Installing vpm should be as easy as following the simple following steps: