kiss/README.md

kiss

Tiny and straightforward package manager for KISS written in POSIX sh.

• Only 500~ lines of POSIX sh (excluding blank lines and comments).
• Runtime dependency detection.
• Incremental package installation.
• Fast dependency solver.
• File conflict detection.
• Binary stripping.
• shellcheck compliant.

Usage

➜ kiss
=> kiss [b|c|i|l|r|s|u] [pkg] [pkg] [pkg]
=> 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.

Package format

See: https://getkiss.org/pages/package-system/

Extending the package manager

See: https://github.com/kisslinux/kiss-utils

Shell compatibility

KISS is written in POSIX sh though each shell has its own set of quirks. Below are the currently known to work and tested shells (as /bin/sh).

• ash
• dash
• bash