bpkg(1) General Commands Manual bpkg(1) NAME bpkg - package dependency manager SYNOPSIS bpkg --help bpkg --version bpkg help [command | topic] bpkg [common-options] command [command-options] command-args DESCRIPTION The build2 package dependency manager is used to manipulate build configurations, packages, and repositories using a set of commands that are summarized below. For a detailed description of any command or help topic, use the help command or see the corresponding man page (the man pages have the bpkg- prefix, for example bpkg-help(1)). Note also that command-options and command-args can be specified in any order and common-options can be specified as part of command-options. A bpkg build configuration is a directory that contains packages built with similar settings. For example, a configuration can be for a specific target (i686, x86_64), compiler (clang, gcc) compile options (-O3, -g), and so on. Configurations are relatively cheap and can be created and thrown away as needed. Configurations can be moved and copied by simply moving and copying the directories. Note, however, that a move or copy may render some packages out-of-date. In the build2 build system terms a bpkg build configuration is an amalgamation that contains packages as subprojects (see bpkg-cfg-create(1) for details). Build configurations can be linked with each other so that while a package is built in one configuration, some of its dependencies can be built in linked configurations (see bpkg-cfg-create(1) for details). A bpkg package is an archive or directory (potentially in a version control system) that contains a build2 project plus the package manifest file. bpkg can either use package archives/directories directly from the filesystem or it can fetch them from repositories. A bpkg repository is a collection of packages as well as information about prerequisite and complement repositories. Archive, directory and version control-based repositories are supported. A repository is identified by its location which can be a local filesystem path or a URL. See bpkg-repository-types(1) for details on the repository structures and URL formats. If the same version of a package is available from multiple repositories, then they are assumed to contain identical package content. In such cases bpkg prefers local repositories over remote and among local repositories it prefers the ones with external packages (see bpkg-pkg-unpack(1) for details on external packages). A typical bpkg workflow would consist of the following steps. Create Configuration bpkg create cc \ config.cxx=clang++ \ config.cc.coptions=-O3 \ config.install.root=/usr/local \ config.install.sudo=sudo Add Source Repositories bpkg add https://pkg.cppget.org/1/stable bpkg add https://example.org/foo.git Repeat this command to add more repositories. Fetch Available Packages List bpkg fetch Fetch and Build Packages bpkg build foo bar Drop Package If some packages are no longer needed, we can remove them from the configuration. bpkg drop foo Refresh Available Packages List bpkg fetch Upgrade Packages bpkg build bar Install Packages bpkg install bar COMMANDS help [topic] bpkg-help(1) - show help for a command or help topic cfg-create|create bpkg-cfg-create(1) - create configuration cfg-info bpkg-cfg-info(1) - print configuration information cfg-link|link bpkg-cfg-link(1) - link configuration cfg-unlink|unlink bpkg-cfg-unlink(1) - unlink configuration rep-info bpkg-rep-info(1) - print repository information rep-add|add bpkg-rep-add(1) - add repository to configuration rep-remove|remove bpkg-rep-remove(1) - remove repository from configuration rep-list|list bpkg-rep-list(1) - list repositories in configuration rep-fetch|fetch bpkg-rep-fetch(1) - fetch list of available packages rep-create bpkg-rep-create(1) - create repository pkg-status|status bpkg-pkg-status(1) - print package status pkg-build|build bpkg-pkg-build(1) - build package pkg-drop|drop bpkg-pkg-drop(1) - drop package pkg-install|install bpkg-pkg-install(1) - install package pkg-uninstall|uninstall bpkg-pkg-uninstall(1) - uninstall package pkg-update|update bpkg-pkg-update(1) - update package pkg-test|test bpkg-pkg-test(1) - test package pkg-clean|clean bpkg-pkg-clean(1) - clean package pkg-bindist|bindist bpkg-pkg-bindist(1) - generate binary distribution package pkg-verify bpkg-pkg-verify(1) - verify package archive pkg-fetch bpkg-pkg-fetch(1) - fetch package archive pkg-unpack bpkg-pkg-unpack(1) - unpack package archive pkg-checkout bpkg-pkg-checkout(1) - check out package version pkg-configure bpkg-pkg-configure(1) - configure package pkg-disfigure bpkg-pkg-disfigure(1) - disfigure package pkg-purge bpkg-pkg-purge(1) - purge package HELP TOPICS common-options bpkg-common-options(1) - details on common options default-options-files bpkg-default-options-files(1) - specifying default options repository-types bpkg-repository-types(1) - repository types, structure, and URLs repository-signing bpkg-repository-signing(1) - how to sign repository argument-grouping bpkg-argument-grouping(1) - argument grouping facility COMMON OPTIONS The common options are summarized below with a more detailed description available in bpkg-common-options(1). -v Print essential underlying commands being executed. -V Print all underlying commands being executed. --quiet|-q Run quietly, only printing error messages. --verbose level Set the diagnostics verbosity to level between 0 and 6. --stdout-format format Representation format to use for printing to stdout. --jobs|-j num Number of jobs to perform in parallel. --no-result Don't print informational messages about the outcome of performing a command or some of its parts. --structured-result fmt Write the result of performing a command in a structured form. --progress Display progress indicators for long-lasting operations, such as network transfers, building, etc. --no-progress Suppress progress indicators for long-lasting operations, such as network transfers, building, etc. --diag-color Use color in diagnostics. --no-diag-color Don't use color in diagnostics. --build path The build program to be used to build packages. --build-option opt Additional option to be passed to the build program. --fetch path The fetch program to be used to download resources. --fetch-option opt Additional option to be passed to the fetch program. --fetch-timeout sec The fetch and fetch-like (for example, git) program timeout. --pkg-proxy url HTTP proxy server to use when fetching package manifests and archives from remote pkg repositories. --git path The git program to be used to fetch git repositories. --git-option opt Additional common option to be passed to the git program. --sha256 path The sha256 program to be used to calculate SHA256 sums. --sha256-option opt Additional option to be passed to the sha256 program. --tar path The tar program to be used to extract package archives. --tar-option opt Additional option to be passed to the tar program. --openssl path The openssl program to be used for crypto operations. --openssl-option opt Additional option to be passed to the openssl program. --auth type Types of repositories to authenticate. --trust fingerprint Trust repository certificate with a SHA256 fingerprint. --trust-yes Assume the answer to all authentication prompts is yes. --trust-no Assume the answer to all authentication prompts is no. --git-capabilities up=pc Protocol capabilities (pc) for a git repository URL prefix (up). --pager path The pager program to be used to show long text. --pager-option opt Additional option to be passed to the pager program. --options-file file Read additional options from file. --default-options dir The directory to load additional default options files from. --no-default-options Don't load default options files. --keep-tmp Don't remove the bpkg's temporary directory at the end of the command execution and print its path at the verbosity level 2 or higher. ENVIRONMENT Commands executed by bpkg while the current and linked build configuration databases are open will have the BPKG_OPEN_CONFIGS environment variable set to the space-separated, "-quoted list of absolute and normalized configuration directory paths. This can be used by build system hooks and/or programs that they execute. EXIT STATUS 0 Success. 1 Fatal error. 2 Recoverable error which is likely to disappear if the command is re-executed. ENVIRONMENT The BPKG_DEF_OPT environment variable is used to suppress loading of default options files in nested bpkg invocations. Its values are false or 0 to suppress and true or 1 to load. BUGS Send bug reports to the users@build2.org mailing list. COPYRIGHT Copyright (c) 2014-2024 the build2 authors. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the MIT License. bpkg 0.17.0 June 2024 bpkg(1)