Anyver

Anyver is a command line interface (CLI) tool to select different versions of one or more applications to run globally on a Linux machine.

Overview

Imagine you have a single binary executable file CLI application called automagic. It's on version 1.0.0, but 1.0.1 has just been released and you want to have both on your system.

With Anyver, you can quickly select one of them to run globally. Just put in a directory the binaries with meaningful names, like automagic-1.0.0 and automagic-1.0.1, for example. Then run anyver add automagic --directory <directory full path> to add this tool and configure the path for it.

Then run anyver set to select one of the binaries. You will see both versions listed and will be able to select the one you want. Anyver will just create a symbolic link to your home directory under /.local/bin/, which should be in your PATH environment variable to work globally.

Installation

Just download the binary from the releases page and use it. To make it available globally on your system, just put it under your PATH environment variable.

You can also clone this repository and run go build, if you have Go installed, which will create the anyver binary.

Commands

add         Add a command line interface (CLI) tool for usage
change      Change the command line interface (CLI) tool for usage
completion  Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell
configure   Configure the name and directory of current tool
help        Help about any command
list        List tools or binaries available
remove      Remove a command line interface (CLI) tool from configuration
set         Select the binary you want from a list

Supported operating systems

Currently this application runs only on Linux.