Apx

Apx (/à·peks/) is the default package manager in Vanilla OS. It is a wrapper around multiple package managers to install packages and run commands inside a managed container.

Special thanks to distrobox for making this possible.

Help

Apx is a package manager with support for multiple sources, allowing you to install packages in subsystems.

Usage:
  apx [command]

Available Commands:
  [subsystem] Work with the specified subsystem, accessing the package manager and environment.
  completion  Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell
  help        Help about any command
  pkgmanagers Work with the package managers that are available in apx.
  stacks      Work with the stacks that are available in apx.
  subsystems  Work with the subsystems that are available in apx.

Flags:
  -h, --help      help for apx
  -v, --version   version for apx

Use "apx [command] --help" for more information about a command.

Documentation and Guides

Documentation

The official documentation and manpage for apx are available at https://docs.vanillaos.org/docs/en/apx.

Dependencies

To add new dependencies, use go get as usual, then run go mod tidy and go mod vendor before committing the code.

Translations

Contribute translations for the manpage and help page in Weblate.

Generating man pages for translations

Once the translation is complete in Weblate and the changes committed, clone the repository using git and perform go build, create a directory using the mkdir man/<language_code> && mkdir man/<language_code>/man1 command, and execute this command LANG=<language_code> ./apx man > man/<language_code>/man1/apx.1. Open a PR for the generated manpage here.

Instructions for using Apx in other distributions

Apx has been designed as a distro-agnostic tool, allowing it to work with any distribution.

Prerequisites

• You must have go installed from your distribution's native repositories to compile apx.
• You must have git installed to clone the repository.
• You must have either podman (suggested) or docker installed.
• You must have make installed for the installation.

Procedure

Clone apx's repository using git and enter it using cd:-

git clone --recursive https://github.com/Vanilla-OS/apx.git
cd apx

Build apx using make:-

make build

Install apx using make:-

sudo make install

Install the apx manpages using make:-

sudo make install-manpages

Uninstall apx using make:-

make uninstall

Uninstall apx man pages using make:-

make uninstall-manpages

Installing apx in a custom destination

The prefix or installation destination can be changed using PREFIX and DESTDIR.

To install apx into ~/.local for example:-

make install PREFIX=$HOME/.local
make install-manpages PREFIX=$HOME/.local

Or into a separate root:-

make install DESTDIR=$HOME/altroot
make install-manpages DESTDIR=$HOME/altroot

Community Packages

Apx is packaged in various sources by our community, if you aren't comfortable with building apx manually you can install a package listed below.

(Note: These packages are unofficial if there are any issues with packaging report them to the respective maintainers, if there are any issues with apx functionalities report them here.)