npkg

[fj0r]

nushell pkgs

Features

• the metadata declaration in a separate manifest.yml
• declares dependency in pkgs fields
  • require: other npkg
  • use: npkg for build phase
  • include: os, defs, pip, npm, cargo, etc
• custom package declaration in defs field
  • update version number in `data.yml '
  • support download, cloning, shell, etc
• support cache and predown
• there are plans to support deletion

Quick start

update version of asset that need to download

npkg update

download asset and upload

npkg download --cache http:https://file.s/npkg

generate sh script

npkg gensh 'debian' --clean nu nvim exec http

execute script

npkg setup --clean nu nvim exec http

[fdncred]

We're currently working on nupm. This kind of looks like a competitor.

[fj0r]

i'm sorry. it's probably that npkg is the wrong name, it's more like ansible.

it is not used to manage nushell modules, but to perform various types of system management tasks, such as:

• installing software through system package managers such as apt, rpm, apk
• install modules through package managers in programming languages, such as cargo, npm, pip
• download software via http and correct settings such as github releases
• pull source code, configure by git clone
• set environmental variables
• modify configuration

[fj0r]

the original purpose was to replace the shell script in Dockerfile, because shell script was unstructured. it can also be used to manage the operating system.

it is still generating shell scripts, which has the advantage of placing scripts and assets on the http site, then you can setup system through curl without nushell, like curl http:https://npkg-site/setup/a,b,c,d | sh . by adding similar configurations to openresty

location ~ /setup/(.*) {
    set $target $1;
    content_by_lua_block {
        local shell = require "resty.shell"
        local host = ngx.var.scheme..":https://".. ngx.var.http_host
        local cmd = 'nu npkg.nu setup --config ' .. host
        local ok, stdout, stderr, reason, status = shell.run(cmd..ngx.var.target, nil, 3000, 409600)
        if ok then
            ngx.say(stdout)
            ngx.exit(200)
        else
            ngx.say(stderr)
            ngx.exit(500)
        end
    }
}

http is supported as a cache and assets can be downloaded at once

and there's a very important feature that manifest can be fully customised, for example.

- git:
    url: https://github.com/your/nushell-configuration.git
    target: /etc/nushell

it's a way to customize a package management system that suits you perfectly.

[fdncred]

seems like you're inventing a whole system to manage something. i'm not sure that goes in this repo and it may need a repo by itself.

[amtoine]

agree with @fdncred, that's 1241 locs and npkg might be a bit confusing with nupm 🤔

[fdncred]

closing this as not appropriate for nu_scripts.