Generic Package Manager

Directly install applications from their GitHub repository with out-of-the-box support for updates
using gpm, the package manager with the superpowers of a cross platform build tool.

Getting Started

Hi! there, follow this guide to install gpm cli on your system. At the end of this guide, you will find additional resources related to cli usage.

Let's start.

Platform Compatibility

Here are the platforms currently supported by gpm:

• 🔥👌 Windows OS
• 🔥👌 Linux (Any)
• 🪵🚫 Mac OS (Not Supported, yet)

Installation Methods

There are many ways to install gpm.

Choose the one which suits you the best:

• (1) Install directly from terminal
• (2) Install from releases
• (3) Install gpm using gpm (yeah, it's possible)
• (4) Build gpm using gpm

(1) ⚡ Install directly from terminal

To use this method, make sure you have the requirements installed as per your os:

For Windows

Requirements: pwsh (PowerShell) on Windows OS

. { iwr -useb https://raw.githubusercontent.com/generic-package-manager/gpm/main/pyro/windows/install.ps1 } | iex

For Linux

Requirements: curl on Linux

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://raw.githubusercontent.com/generic-package-manager/gpm/main/pyro/linux/install.sh | bash

(2) ⚡ Install from releases

This method is pretty easy but its not recommended as you won't recieve any update on gpm cli and you need to manually update your installation, in this method all you need to do is head over to releases, and download the binary for your operating system.

Direct download links are provided below:

For Windows: Click to get gpm.exe and gpm-binary-replacer.exe

For Linux : Click to get gpm.AppImage

(Important: Rename gpm.AppImage to gpm)

After downloading the binary(s), place them at a location like ~/tools/gpm and add the location to your system environment path variable.

(3) ⚡ Install gpm using gpm

You can install gpm using gpm itself:

Step 1: Download the gpm binary for your operating system by following the steps in (2) method of installation.

Step 2: Run the downloaded binary as:

For Windows

./gpm.exe --build generic-package-manager/gpm --yes

For Linux

./gpm --build generic-package-manager/gpm --yes

(4) ⚡ Build gpm using gpm

gpm is written in dart, thus, it compiles to native code for the best performance.

For compiling gpm, You will require dart version 3.2.6 or above.

Additionally on Windows, you need to have pwsh (PowerShell) version 7.4.0.

There are two ways to build gpm:

Traditional:

git clone https://github.com/generic-package-manager/gpm.git
cd gpm
# for windows
dart compile exe -o gpm.exe --target-os windows bin\gpm.dart
dart compile exe -o gpm-binary-replacer.exe --target-os windows bin\gpm_binary_replacer.dart
# for linux
dart compile exe -o gpm --target-os linux bin/gpm.dart

after completing the above steps, you will get the compiled gpm binary.

Self Build and Install:

You can even use gpm to build itself locally.

git clone https://github.com/generic-package-manager/gpm.git
cd gpm
./gpm-dev --build-locally generic-package-manager/gpm

if you are encountering any issues in installing gpm, please create an issue here.

Features

GPM brings the following:

• Any open source repository on GitHub is available to install as a package.

• As soon as you publish your repository on GitHub, its available for installing with gpm-cli.

• You can rollback the installed updates on any package.

  • gpm --rollback obs-studio

• You can even install a specific tag/version of any repository.

  • gpm --install rufus --tag v4.0

• You can control which apps should receive updates

  • gpm --lock app-fleet // lock updates

  • gpm --unlock app-fleet // unlock updates

• You can update any package individually or update all of them at once.

  • gpm --update gpm or gpm --upgrade

• You can even build a repository from source.

  • gpm --build generic-package-manager/gpm for more information on this see building from source with gpm.

  • You can even install a specific commit.

    • gpm --build generic-package-manager/gpm --commit XXXXXXX, where XXXXXXX is at least a 7 char commit hash.

  • You can even build a cloned repository locally.

    • gpm --build-locally generic-package-manager/gpm

Usage

To install a repository run

gpm --install username/repo

Want a specific version installed?

gpm --install username/repo --tag <version>

I wanna build from source !!

gpm --build username/repo

Not the latest commit

gpm --build username/repo --commit <hash>

What about updates?

gpm --update username/repo

How to update them all?

gpm --upgrade

Oops! I don't need update on this package

gpm --lock username/repo

What!!! It worked better before the update

gpm --roll-back username/repo

But My repository is private

gpm --install username/repository --token <your_github_token>

Build from source

Requirements

On Windows: dart ^3.2.6 and pwsh ^7.4.0

On Linux: dart ^3.2.6

# clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/generic-package-manager/gpm
cd gpm

# use gpm to build from source
# for windows
./gpm-dev.bat --build-locally generic-package-manager/gpm
# for linux
./gpm-dev --build-locally generic-package-manager/gpm