rapid-spring 0.1.7

spring content downloading

Requirements

• Python (tested on 2.6.2)

• python-bitarray (easy_install bitarray)

For development:

• pandoc (only needed to make a release!)

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:

• update|upgrade: Install the latest package for all pinned tags.

• 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.

Examples:

rapid pin xta:latest           # installs latest XTA
rapid pin 's44:latest mutator' # 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