get

get is a mini package manager that is used as the backend to Homebrew App Store to allow more formal package management.

Why?

get is intended for use in smaller systems, such as homebrew'd video game consoles, where there is code execution but not a full stack of tools that package managers usually utilize, such as shell scripts or external libraries.

For documentation, metadata syntax, and repo setup, see the wiki.

Usage

Setting up repos

A "repos.json" file should be present on the local machine, in the same directory as the get binary. See repos.json for what this file should look like. If this file does not exist, depending on the use case (such as on the Wii U) a default repos.json should automatically be generated.

When get runs, it will go through the enabled repos in that config file, and try to make a GET request to /repo.json, which should contain (on the remote server) a listing of all of the packages and descriptions. Here is an example of what the remote's repo.json with one package looks like:

{
  "packages": [
    {
      "name": "space",
      "title": "Space Game",
      "author": "vgmoose",
      "description": "Shoot rocks in outer space, and stuff",
      "version": "1.0.0"
    }
  ]
}

The python script repogen.py can generate the above repo.json file and the zip file structure explained below. It turns folders in the packages directory into zip files in zips.

Installing a package

Installing a package requires the desired package name to exist in one of the repos, and for a GET to /zips/$PKG_NAME.zip to resolve. For example, to download the package space from above, the following command would be used:

./get space

It will try to fetch /zips/space.zip from the repo that contains the space package, and save it in sd:/.

Listing all available packages

All available remote packages and their current status on disk will be listed.

./get -l

Searching for a specific package

Search for a given string in the remote packages' name and description.

./get -s spa

Removing an installed package

Any installed packages specified after the --delete flag will be removed

./get --delete space

This command parses the manifest.install file fetched when the package was installed, and uses it to determine which files to remove. Currently empty folders are left behind after the files are deleted.

Building for PC

First clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/vgmoose/get.git

and cd into the folder and run make:

cd get
make

Zlib and libcurl are required to build the above package, other dependencies (rapidjson, minizip) are included in this repo.

License

This software is licensed under the GPLv3.

Contributors:

• rw-r-r_0644 - manifest file parsing code
• zarklord - zip folder extraction library