kiss/README.md
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# kiss
Tiny and straightforward package manager for KISS written in POSIX `sh`.
- Less than 1000 lines of POSIX `sh` (excluding blank lines and comments).
- Highly portable (will run in any POSIX compliant environment).
- Runtime dependency detection.
- Incremental package installation.
- Fast dependency solver.
- File conflict detection.
- Package alternatives system.
- 3-way handshake for /etc/ configuration files.
- Binary stripping.
- `shellcheck` compliant.
## Usage
```sh
-> kiss [a|b|c|i|l|r|s|u|v] [pkg]...
-> alternatives: List and swap to alternatives
-> build: Build a package
-> checksum: Generate checksums
-> install: Install a package
-> list: List installed packages
-> remove: Remove a package
-> search: Search for a package
-> update: Check for updates
-> version: Package manager version
```
## Dependencies / Portability
| dependency | why | mandatory? |
| --------------- | ---------------------------- | ----------------- |
| POSIX utilities | Used throughout | Yes |
| `git` | Repositories and git sources | Yes |
| `gnupg1` or `gnupg2` | Repository signing | No (optional) |
| `curl` | Source downloads | Yes |
| `sha256sum`, `shasum`, `sha256` or `openssl` | Checksum verification | Yes |
| `tar` | Tarball creation/extraction | Yes |
| `bzip2` | Compression method. | Yes (widely used) |
| `xz` | Compression method. | Yes (widely used) |
| `gzip` | Compression method. | Yes (widely used) |
| `zstd` | Compression method. | No (rarely used) |
| `lzma` | Compression method. | No (rarely used) |
| `lzip` | Compression method. | No (rarely used) |
| `unzip` | Source type. | No (rarely used) |
| `su`, `sudo` or `doas` | Privilege escalation. | No (optional) |
| `ldd` | Automatic dependency fixer. | No (optional) |
| `readelf` and `strip` | Binary stripping | No (optional) |
## Package format
See: <https://k1ss.org/package-system>
## Extending the package manager
The `contrib` directory contains a set of simple scripts to extend the package manager. These are just simple and stupid automations which parse the package format.
- `kiss-chbuild`: Spawn a throwaway chroot.
- `kiss-chroot`: Enter a KISS `chroot`.
- `kiss-depends`: Display a package's dependencies.
- `kiss-export`: Turn an installed package into a KISS tarball.
- `kiss-fork`: Copy a package's repository files into the current directory.
- `kiss-link`: Link a repository file to another repository.
- `kiss-manifest`: Display all files owned by a package.
- `kiss-maintainer`: Display the package maintainers.
- `kiss-new`: Create a boilerplate package.
- `kiss-orphans`: List orphaned packages.
- `kiss-outdated`: List outdated packages based on Repology versions.
- `kiss-owns`: Check which package owns a file.
- `kiss-reset`: Reset the system to the base.
- `kiss-revdepends`: Display packages which depend on package.
- `kiss-size`: Show the size on disk for an installed package.