rpo

A sweet, simple, multi-platform Debian/Cydia repository manager. Currently a CLI tool, but a web and desktop interface are planned for future releases.

The purpose of this is to create a tool that can easily manage a Debian or Cydia repository regardless of platform. Utilizing libraries written entirely in Javascript, such as unipkg, rpo is able to perform operations such as dpkg-scanpackages without dpkg ever being installed.

Installing

To install rpo globally run

npm install -g rpo

Usage

For full usage please visit the wiki. Usage for the rpo can be found by doing rpo <subcommand> --help. To see available subcommands, you can run rpo or rpo --help. Example:

> rpo -h
 
  Usage: rpo [options] [command]
 
  Options:
 
    -V, --version            output the version number
    -h, --help               output usage information
 
  Commands:
 
    init [options]
    settings|edit [options]
    add [options] <file>
    remove [options] <file>
    sign

Description of Subcommands

rpo init: Initializes a repository.

rpo settings: Edits the settings of a repository

rpo add: Adds a package to a repository

rpo remove: Removes a package from a repository

rpo sign: Signs (if not already) a repository

Prerequisites

All that is assumed that you are running a Node.js version that has not been marked as end-of-life.

Roadmap

Progress can be tracked over on the project board.

1. Create a desktop interface similar in effect to Github Desktop, where locations of repositories are kept track of and can be managed easily through a GUI.
2. Create a backend interface similar to that of the previous version of repo-manager (for those of you who remember it), where the repository can be managed remotely.
3. Create an automated frontend generation system that will updated and present to users what packages are currently in the repository.