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# vpm - An XBPS package management helper for VoidLinux
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version 1.3.1
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`vpm` is a simple to use, daily-driver enhancement to the awesome XBPS (X Binary
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Package System), initially designed as a helper tool for use with VoidLinux.
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Feel free to think "Void Package Management" or something if it helps you
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remember its name, but please note that it's NOT a "package manager" in the
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nitpickers understanding of the word - especially vpm shouldn't be confused with
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XBPS - vpm is just an addon helper tool for XBPS to make your life easier.
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That's it.
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# Screenshots
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vpm...
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vpm trying install package but...
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vpm automatic updating xbps while updating system...
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vpm installing package...
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# Motivation to write vpm
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I initially found XBPS to have a steep learning-curve, so I wanted to ease the
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life of new VoidLinux users, and XBPS users in general. Please don't feel afraid
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to look up the corresponding XBPS commands it translates to, or use vpm
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--show-translations so you even see the translations already when using vpm
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help. It has been said that vpm will ease the transition from Debian's APT, and
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some other user-friendly repository/package-managers.
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# Dependencies
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vpm requires BASH, the Bourne Again SHell, which should be installed by default
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on a new VoidLinux system. You also will need git and xcheckrestart both provided
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by xtools package to obtain a clone of the vpm GitHub repository.
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(see "Installation" section, below).
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Or you can just grab vpm and paste it anywhere in your system.
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# Installation
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### 1. Install xtools via `xbps-install`
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$ xbps-install -S xtools
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### 2. Clone vpm repository
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$ git clone https://codeberg.org/oSoWoSo/vpm.git
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### 3. Enter the cloned repo and install vpm
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$ cd vpm
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$ make install
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### 3a. Remove vpm
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If you want to remove vpm, just use make to remove it. Make sure you are in the cloned directory first, then run:
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$ make uninstall
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# ZOMG! PONIES!!111
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Rainbows and unicorns, indeed. If you like colorized output, please see the
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--color=true option, too! All vpm options try to have human readable and easy to
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remember syntax, no --long-option-with-multiple-complex-words, no need to even
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prefix arguments with --, vpm just tries to do its best it can to understand the
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user (there are some command-line-switches, though, see vpm help).
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Also vpm will ask for password if needed.
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# License
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vpm is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License,
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Version 3. See the LICENSE file for further information.
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```
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Copyright (c) 2016: Armin Jenewein <vpm@m2m.pm>
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This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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(at your option) any later version.
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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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GNU General Public License for more details.
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You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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```
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# Authors
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- https://github.com/netzverweigerer/vpm - vpm was written by Armin Jenewein <vpm@m2m.pm>
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- https://github.com/bahamas10/vpm - forked by Dave Eddy <dave@daveeddy.com>
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- https://codeberg.org/oSoWoSo/vpm - and this fork by zenobit <osowoso@protonmail.com>
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# Mirrors
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- repos mirrored at:
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- 'https://github.com/oSoWoSo/vpm'
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- 'https://gitlab.com/linux15/void/vpm'
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- 'https://git.disroot.org/oSoWoSo/vpm'
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- more mirrors will come... |