vpm - An XBPS package management helper for VoidLinux

Copyright (c) 2016: Armin Jenewein vpm@m2m.pm

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About (What is vpm?)

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.

Screenshots

Screenshot of a recent vpm release:

Screenshot of vpm in full effect:

Motivation to write vpm

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 vpn help. It has been said that vpm will ease the transition from Debian's APT, and some other user-friendly repository/package-managers.

ZOMG! PONIES!!111

Rainbows and unicorns, indeed. If you like colorized output, please see the --color=true option, too! All vpm otions 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).

Dependencies

vpm requires BASH, the Bourne Again SHell. Use xbps-install -S bash if you don't have it installed, yet.

Author

vpm was written by Armin Jenewein (GitHub: @netzverweigerer) vpm@m2m.pm