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I did it because not everybody has cargo installed. I'm using cargo-dist to create this npm package.

alienpingu 10mo ago
i just used npx to try on my working machine where i do not have cargo
giancarlostoro 11mo ago
I've been wanting a generic package manager for a while that is cross-platform. I wonder how one could find funding for such a project. Thinking about users from various OS' installing tools and software from your niche package manager, yeah that bad boy is going to grind to a halt if you have no key funding.
- venturecruelty 11mo ago
  Artifactory exists. It's not hard to store packages and metadata somewhere.
- freeopinion 11mo ago
  By cross-platform, do you really mean Linux/BSD/Mac/Win/ChromeOS/Android? Or do you just mean something like Guix?
- apatheticonion 11mo ago
  Same. I started writing one as a weekend project and got as far as having a GH repo with releases that mirror the binaries of the tools that I use, normalizing the archives so they can be installed in the same way. It auto-generates a release whenever the project authors update their projects. https://github.com/alshdavid/install-scripts/releases?q=nodejs&expanded=true https://github.com/alshdavid/install-scripts/releases?q=node... https://github.com/alshdavid/install-scripts/releases https://github.com/alshdavid/install-scripts/releases All of the binaries here are expected to be standalone/portable installations, so you can download/extract the archive and just run the binary. curl -L --url https://github.com/alshdavid/install-scripts/releases/download/terraform-1.14.1/terraform-1.14.1-linux-amd64.tar.gz | tar -xvzf - -C $HOME/.local/bin $HOME/.local/bin/terraform --help I haven't yet written a package manager yet, but I was planning for it to just do the same thing as above but figure out your OS/ARCH, handle extraction and also offer a PATH update system so you can run `eval $(xpkg env)` and PATH is updated automatically.
- craftkiller 11mo ago
  > generic package manager for a while that is cross-platform That would be Nix. Runs on any Linux distro and OSX. Also particularly useful for NixOS and NixBSD. https://nixos.org/download/ https://nixos.org/download/
baq 11mo ago
consider wget or curl if possible (why not if npm was...)
LoganDark 11mo ago
Is there a way to install it with cargo instead? I won't install npm on my machine just to install a Rust package
- _sinelaw_ 11mo ago
  Sure, cargo install fresh-editor
ulbu 11mo ago
i don’t (and won’t) have npm installed. i do have cargo. strange thinking!
- junon 10mo ago
  I would bet 100 Euro there is at least an order of magnitude, if not two or three, more installs of NPM clients than Cargo right now.
- _sinelaw_ 10mo ago
  Then use: cargo install fresh-editor I've documented that as well it just isn't the first option listed

i just used npx to try on my working machine where i do not have cargo

I've been wanting a generic package manager for a while that is cross-platform. I wonder how one could find funding for such a project. Thinking about users from various OS' installing tools and software from your niche package manager, yeah that bad boy is going to grind to a halt if you have no key funding.

venturecruelty 11mo ago
Artifactory exists. It's not hard to store packages and metadata somewhere.
freeopinion 11mo ago
By cross-platform, do you really mean Linux/BSD/Mac/Win/ChromeOS/Android? Or do you just mean something like Guix?
apatheticonion 11mo ago
Same. I started writing one as a weekend project and got as far as having a GH repo with releases that mirror the binaries of the tools that I use, normalizing the archives so they can be installed in the same way. It auto-generates a release whenever the project authors update their projects. https://github.com/alshdavid/install-scripts/releases?q=nodejs&expanded=true https://github.com/alshdavid/install-scripts/releases?q=node... https://github.com/alshdavid/install-scripts/releases https://github.com/alshdavid/install-scripts/releases All of the binaries here are expected to be standalone/portable installations, so you can download/extract the archive and just run the binary. curl -L --url https://github.com/alshdavid/install-scripts/releases/download/terraform-1.14.1/terraform-1.14.1-linux-amd64.tar.gz | tar -xvzf - -C $HOME/.local/bin $HOME/.local/bin/terraform --help I haven't yet written a package manager yet, but I was planning for it to just do the same thing as above but figure out your OS/ARCH, handle extraction and also offer a PATH update system so you can run `eval $(xpkg env)` and PATH is updated automatically.
craftkiller 11mo ago
> generic package manager for a while that is cross-platform That would be Nix. Runs on any Linux distro and OSX. Also particularly useful for NixOS and NixBSD. https://nixos.org/download/ https://nixos.org/download/

baq 11mo ago

consider wget or curl if possible (why not if npm was...)

LoganDark 11mo ago

Is there a way to install it with cargo instead? I won't install npm on my machine just to install a Rust package

_sinelaw_ 11mo ago
Sure, cargo install fresh-editor

ulbu 11mo ago

i don’t (and won’t) have npm installed. i do have cargo. strange thinking!

junon 10mo ago
I would bet 100 Euro there is at least an order of magnitude, if not two or three, more installs of NPM clients than Cargo right now.
_sinelaw_ 10mo ago
Then use: cargo install fresh-editor I've documented that as well it just isn't the first option listed