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79 lines
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## XBPS
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The X Binary Package System (in short XBPS) is a binary package system
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**designed and implemented from scratch**. Its goal is to be fast, easy to use,
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bug-free, featureful and portable as much as possible.
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The XBPS code is totally **compatible with POSIX/SUSv2/C99 standards**, and
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released with a **Simplified BSD license (2 clause)**. There is a well
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documented API provided by the XBPS Library that is the basis for its frontends
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to handle binary packages and repositories. Some highlights:
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* Supports **multiple local and remote repositories** (HTTP/HTTPS/FTP).
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* **RSA signed remote repositories** (NEW in 0.27).
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* **SHA256 hashes** for package metadata, files and binary packages.
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* Supports **package states** (ala dpkg) to mitigate broken package
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installs/updates.
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* Ability to **resume** partial package install/updates.
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* Ability to **unpack only files that have been modified** in package updates.
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* Ability to use **virtual packages**.
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* Ability to **check for incompatible shared libraries in reverse
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dependencies**.
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* Ability to **replace packages**.
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* Ability to **put packages on hold** (to never update them. NEW in 0.16).
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* Ability to **preserve/update configuration files**.
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* Ability to **force reinstallation** of any installed package.
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* Ability to **downgrade any** installed package.
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* Ability to **execute pre/post install/remove/update scriptlets**.
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* Ability to **check package integrity**: missing files, hashes, missing or
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unresolved (reverse)dependencies, dangling or modified symlinks, etc.
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* **Low memory** footprint.
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* **Fast** dependency resolver and sorting algorithms.
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### Getting source code
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Starting with **0.26** there are not source tarballs anymore. **git** must be
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used to clone the repository with the appropiate tag. The latest stable version
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can be fetched with:
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$ git clone -b <version> git://github.com/xtraeme/xbps.git
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See `git tag -l` to list all available stable releases.
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### Build requirements
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To build this you'll need:
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- A C99 compiler (clang and gcc tested)
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- [GNU make](http://www.gnu.org/software/make/)
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- [pkg-config](http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/pkg-config/)
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- [zlib](http://www.zlib.net)
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- [openssl](http://www.openssl.org)
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- [libarchive >= 2.8.0](http://www.libarchive.org)
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and optionally:
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- [graphviz](http://www.graphviz.org) and [doxygen](http://www.doxygen.org)
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(--enable-api-docs) to build API documentation.
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- [atf >= 0.15](http://code.google.com/p/kyua) (--enable-tests) to build the
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Kyua test suite.
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### Build instructions
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Standard configure script (not generated by GNU autoconf).
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```
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./configure --prefix=/blah
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make -jX
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make install
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```
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By default PREFIX is set `/usr/local` and may be changed by setting `--prefix`
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in the `configure` script. The `DESTDIR` variable is also supported at the
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install stage.
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There are some more options that can be tweaked, see them with
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`./configure --help'.
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Good luck!
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