Embedthis Pak™ Features
Pak has the following major features:
- Install, list and uninstall packages into a local application.
- Manage package versions and dependencies.
- Automatically retrieves and installs dependent packages.
- Update and upgrade packages and their dependencies.
- Support version expressions using Semantic Versioning 2.0.
- Packages are described via a pak.json file that is compatible with NodeJS package.json files.
- Manages a local cache of retrieved packages.
What's Unique
While Pak has a strong feature set, there are some characteristics that make Pak unique.
- Pak is a meta-package manager in that is works with multiple package catalogs.
- Post install configuration of packages by selectively exporting package contents into local "lib" directory.
- Can override and wrap existing 3rd party packages.
- Very fast operation.
Commands
The Pak command has the following commands:
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| cache | Download and save packages to the the local package cache |
| cached | List packages in the cache |
| config | Show the Pak configuration |
| depend | Display installed package dependencies |
| edit | Edit a package description file |
| help | Display this usage help |
| info | Display README for a package |
| init | Create a new pak.json |
| install | Install a package on the local system |
| list | list installed packages |
| prune | Prune named packages |
| publish | publish a package in a catalog |
| retract | Unpublish a package |
| search | Search for packages in the catalog |
| uninstall | Uninstall a package on the local system |
| update | Update the cache with latest version of packages |
| upgrade | Upgrade installed packages |