vpm

Package manager for VEXcode V5 C++ projects.

Installation

pip install vpm-vex

Quick Start

# Initialize vpm in your VEXcode project
cd your-vexcode-project
vpm init

# Install a library
vpm install user/repo

# Install all dependencies from vpm.json
vpm install

Commands

vpm init

Initializes vpm in the current VEXcode project. Creates vpm.json and patches your makefile to include installed libraries.

vpm init

vpm install

Install a package from GitHub or a direct zip URL. Run with no arguments to install all dependencies from vpm.json.

vpm install                                        # install all from vpm.json
vpm install user/repo                              # latest release
vpm install user/repo@v1.0.0                       # pinned version
vpm install https://github.com/user/repo           # full GitHub URL
vpm install https://example.com/mylib-1.0.0.zip    # direct zip URL

vpm remove

Remove an installed package.

vpm remove my-library

vpm update

Update installed packages to their latest releases.

vpm update                  # update all
vpm update my-library       # update one

vpm list

List all installed packages in the current project.

vpm list

vpm search

Search for packages across all configured depots.

vpm search pid
vpm search chassis

vpm depot

Manage package depots.

vpm depot list                  # list configured depots
vpm depot add <url>             # add a depot
vpm depot remove <url>          # remove a depot
vpm depot fetch <url>           # preview a depot's packages

Creating a Library

Use the vpm-template to create a vpm-compatible library.

Part of HCU-Vex

VPM is part of the HCU-Vex open source VEX Robotics ecosystem.