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Cask

A universal, distributed package manager.

Installation | Usage | How to publish package? | Design | Contributing | Cask.toml

If you are tired of:

1. Install different package manager in different platform (Homebrew/Chocolatey/Scoop).
2. Writing installation scripts many times(Bash/PowerShell).
3. Update remote package information when release a new version

Then welcome to Cask.

Cross Platform support

• macOS(x86_64/arm64)
• Windows(i686/x86_64/arm64/MSYS2/Cygin/WSL)
• Linux(arm/arm64/x86_64/mips/mips64/mips64el)
• freeBSD(x86_64)

Installation

1. Shell (Mac/Linux)

   curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cask-pkg/cask.rs/main/install.sh | bash

2. PowerShell (Windows):

   iwr https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cask-pkg/cask.rs/main/install.ps1 -useb | iex
   

3. Github release page

   Download the executable, then put it in the $PATH directory.

4. Upgrade from existing version

   cask self-update

try running following command

$ cask --help
cask v0.4.6
Axetroy <axetroy.dev@gmail.com>
General distributed binary distribution package management, written in Rust.

USAGE:
    cask <SUBCOMMAND>

OPTIONS:
    -h, --help       Print help information
    -V, --version    Print version information

SUBCOMMANDS:
    check-updates     Check and update packages to latest [aliases: check-upgrades]
    clean             Clear residual data [aliases: clear]
    help              Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)
    homepage          Open homepage of package [aliases: home]
    info              Show information of package
    install           Install package [aliases: i]
    list              List installed package [aliases: ls]
    relink            Relink installed packages
    remote            Operation for build-in formula
    self-uninstall    Uninstall cask itself and installed package
    self-update       Update Cask to the newest version [aliases: self-upgrade]
    uninstall         Uninstall package [aliases: rm]
    update            Upgrade package to latest [aliases: upgrade]

Usage

# cask install <package>
cask install github.com/axetroy/dvm
# cask install <package> <version>
cask install github.com/axetroy/dvm 1.x
# cask install <repository URL>
cask install https://github.com/axetroy/dvm.git
# cask install from stdin
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/axetroy/dvm/master/Cask.toml | cask install

# cask uninstall <package or the executable file name of the package>
cask uninstall github.com/axetroy/dvm
# or uninstall with shorter command
cask rm dvm

Show more information with cask --help command.

Command

Command	Description
cask install <PACKAGE> [VERSION]	Install package
cask uninstall <PACKAGE>	Uninstall package
cask info <PACKAGE>	Show information of package
cask update <PACKAGE>	Update package to latest
cask homepage <PACKAGE>	Open homepage of package
cask check-updates	Check and update packages to latest
cask list	List installed package
cask clean	Clear residual data
cask self-update	Update Cask to the newest version
cask self-uninstall	Uninstall cask itself and installed package
cask remote sync	Sync build-in formula from remote to local
cask remote list	List build-in formula on remote

Requirement

Cask depends on Git

Contributors

This project exists thanks to all the people who contribute. How to contribute.

LICENSE

The MIT License