Car

Car is a package manager for Redrose Linux. It will also become a wrapper for other package managers to simplify package management.

Roadmap

• Basic functionality
• Basic versioning
• More advanced versioning
• Mirrors
• Website with all packages from official repos
• .car tarballs so installation is not only online
  • if the package argument of get ends with .car, install locally

Syntax

car get|delete|update|search|updatelist|init

# Examples
car get <package> [--noconfirm]
car delete <package>
car update <package>
car search <package>
car updatelist
car init

• get [--noconfirm] — install a package. Use --noconfirm to skip prompts.
• delete — remove a package.
• update — update a specific package. (currently not functional)
• search — search for a package.
• updatelist — update the package list.
• init — initialize Car.

Creating hooks

1. Add the file to your .config/car/post-inst-hooks file
2. create the file

Making repos

1. open .config/mirrors.car
2. add something similar to this:

:base:
install_script = https://raw.githubusercontent.com/crust-project/car-binary-storage/main/
packagelist = https://raw.githubusercontent.com/crust-project/car/main/existing-packages.txt
:end:

Creating packages

Start by creating a file named install_script.

Version

version = "0.0.1"

Hooks and functions

beforeinst()

Optional hook that runs before installation.

def beforeinst():
    print("This runs before installation!")
    print("DO NOT USE THIS FOR DEPENDENCIES")

deps()

Declare dependencies. If none, print the exact line below.

def deps():
    print(":: No dependencies required")

build()

Provide build steps. If no build is required print:

print(":: No build required")

install()

If the installation is not done in build(), do it here. You do not need to print no deps required, because installing (moving to /usr/bin/) does not take long.

postinst()

Runs after installation. Place final install steps here if needed.

Submitting packages

1. Fork the car-binary-storage repository.
2. In GitHub web UI click New file then Create new file.
3. Choose a package name. Naming rules:
   • Use -bin for packages that download binaries.
   • Use suffixes like -nightly or -stable for specific build channels.
   • Use -git if the package builds from source.
   • No suffix for a standard package.
4. Create a directory with the package name and add a file named install_script.
5. Paste your install_script content.
6. Submit a pull request. Wait for review and merge.