dcs-get as a whole has been deprecated. CompSoc is now using a solution over NFS in ~compsoc/packages. I'd written an article about this but CompSoc's services are currently down. In short, you can replace /var/tmp/dcs-get for /dcs/guest/compsoc/packages in your bashrc. When I get around to it I'll publish an article on how to use the new system and appropriately package for it, probably here.
Replacement for dcs-get main executable in Lua
This project is only of use to those using dcs-get at the University of Warwick
##Installing
At this stage you can overwrite your dcs-get session with dcs-lua in one command:
$ dcs-get i dcs-lua
Consider adding this to your session scripts!
Alternatively clone the repo and run make in its root directory.
##Improvements
Now when you install packages they're marked as manually installed, your pre-existing packages are still there and should remain installed correctly.
The following will give you a list of commands:
$ dcs-get help
Improvements over the PHP script:
- Reinstall function works correctly - gets list of dependencies and installs again from the ground up
- Uninstall function
- More responsive - PHP version would take a split second to start
- More robust packaging function
- Better search results / listing
- Remembers which packages are requested and which were automatically installed
This software is still in development. If you find bugs, please report them in the issue tracker.
####Revert installation
If you want to revert your install of dcs-get you can redownload the dcs-get executable:
$ rm /var/tmp/dcs-get/bin/dcs-get
$ curl http://backus.uwcs.co.uk/dcs-get/dcs-get > /var/tmp/dcs-get/bin/dcs-get
Alternatively you need to remove the dcs-get directory and trigger the installation script again.
#####Remove dcs-get directory
Try the cleanup script first with either dcs-get clean, or if that fails:
$ /var/tmp/dcs-get/cleanup
If you own the directory and the cleanup script fails, you should remove the dcs-get directory yourself:
$ rm -rf /var/tmp/dcs-get
#####Install dcs-get
Re-run the install script. In a normal configuration _dcs-get will do the job.