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title: manage command line tools in user profile
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date: 2023-02-01
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tags: linux, devtools, cli
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Installs standalone command line utilities in your user profile
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# motivations
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You have a bunch of useful tools for day to day activity in the terminal, as a dev or ops guy. Tools like jq, fzf, exa, etc.
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But you never know if there are up to date, where they come from, what do they to exactly, do you still need them.
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Few of them are part of you OS package manager. Most of the time old version. And you may not want to insall them system wide actually.
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Cliget lists, installs and updates standalone command line utilities in your user profile.
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Inspired by envinstall (private), [webinstall](gh:webinstall/webi-installers), [asdf](gh:asdf-community/.github).
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# what
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- [ ] search catalog
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- [ ] identify latest version
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- [ ] download last release
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- [ ] from GH release
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- [ ] install for user
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- [ ] from tar.gz
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- [ ] list installed
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- [ ] identify installed version
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- [ ] can install itself
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- [ ] have nice defaults (gh release, targz, x86_64, linux, etc.)
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- [ ] small codebase, preferably one file
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## won't
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- manage dependencies like apt or pip does
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- install system wide
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- install outside of dedicated folder
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- install from source, be could (rust/cargo, python/pip, go/go)
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- uninstall ; user can remove by her/him-self.
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- overlap with package managers (apt, yum, etc.) or environment managers (nix, asdf, etc.)
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# FAQ
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#### I don't want to install python on my machine
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CliGet is written in Python but packaged as a standalone program with no dependencies except lic and zlib.
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#### I don't trust you. What prevent you from dumping me a malware instead of a genuine software ?
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* source code is available and very straightforward. you can audit the code, build from source or even write your own version
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* the tool, will by default, prompt you with clear information of what will be done before install
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* catalog is only one file, readable, with clear information on where the software is coming from and how it will be installed
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* also keep in mind you also have to trust the to be installed software dev team. We are different teams.
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#### I want this for macos or mswindows
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Currently only Linux is supported. It shoud work on all unix like OS. For others, contributions are wellcome as long as they do not compicate the tool too much.
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