spring content downloading
Project description
Requirements
Python (tested on 2.6.2)
python-bitarray (easy_install bitarray)
Installation
Linux
You can use easy_install to get the package from the Python Package Index.
easy_install rapid-spring
If you do not have the script easy_install available then use your distribution’s package manager to install the python-setuptools (or similar) package.
apt-get install python-setuptools # Debian/Ubuntu yum install python-setuptools-devel # Fedora
Usage
rapid <verb> [<argument>]
Where verb is one of:
upgrade: Install the latest package for all pinned tags.
clean-upgrade: Equivalent to ‘upgrade’ followed by ‘uninstall-unpinned’.
pin: Pins a tag and installs the latest package for that tag.
unpin: Unpins a tag. Does not uninstall any packages.
install: Install a package. Does not pin any tags.
uninstall: Uninstall a package. Unpin its tag if any.
list-tags: List all tags that contain argument.
list-pinned-tags: Idem, but only pinned tags.
list-packages: List all packages whose name contains argument.
list-installed-packages: Idem, but only installed packages.
uninstall-unpinned: Keep only the pinned tags and all dependencies.
collect-pool: Remove pool files not needed by any installed package.
make-sdd: Extract pool files into a .sdd archive.
Examples:
rapid pin xta:latest # installs latest XTA rapid pin s44:latest # installs latest Spring: 1944 rapid upgrade # upgrade all pinned tags
(the other commands are for advanced users mostly)
Bugs/quirks
No known bugs/quirks
Feature suggestions
make-sdz command (similar to make-sdd) could be useful
