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| tools:cpm [2017-04-11 17:42] – [Installing the Curry Package Manager] mh | tools:cpm [2017-10-21 11:35] – mh | ||
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| The Curry Package Manager (CPM) is a tool to distribute and | The Curry Package Manager (CPM) is a tool to distribute and | ||
| - | install Curry libraries and tools and manage version dependencies | + | install Curry libraries and applications |
| between them. | between them. | ||
| These libraries are organized in packages. | These libraries are organized in packages. | ||
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| (w.r.t. its API and behavior) with a previous version of | (w.r.t. its API and behavior) with a previous version of | ||
| the same package. | the same package. | ||
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| + | ===== Available Packages ===== | ||
| + | |||
| + | There are more than [[http:// | ||
| + | (including more than 400 modules). | ||
| + | There is a [[http:// | ||
| + | with more detailed information (e.g., API documentation). | ||
| + | These packages can immediately be downloaded or installed when CPM is installed (see below). | ||
| ===== Installing the Curry Package Manager ===== | ===== Installing the Curry Package Manager ===== | ||
| - | CPM is already part of recent | + | CPM is already part of recent |
| - | PAKCS (Version 1.14.3 or higher) and KiCS2 (Version 0.5.2 or higher). | + | [[http:// |
| + | [[http:// | ||
| If you have some older version of PAKCS or KiCS2, you can also | If you have some older version of PAKCS or KiCS2, you can also | ||
| install CPM from its public repository. | install CPM from its public repository. | ||
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| 3> make | 3> make | ||
| - | If this was successful, the binary '' | + | If this was successful, the binary '' |
| directory '' | directory '' | ||
| - | of tools distributed | + | of applications |
| directory '' | directory '' | ||
| - | the binary '' | + | the binary '' |
| link from some path directory to this binary. | link from some path directory to this binary. | ||
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| Now you can clone a copy of the central package index repository by | Now you can clone a copy of the central package index repository by | ||
| - | > cpm update | + | > cypm update |
| Afterwards, you can show a short list of all packages in this index by | Afterwards, you can show a short list of all packages in this index by | ||
| - | > cpm list | + | > cypm list |
| The command | The command | ||
| - | > cpm info PACKAGE | + | > cypm info PACKAGE |
| can be used to show more information about a package. | can be used to show more information about a package. | ||
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| Therefore, to initialize it and use other packages, you need | Therefore, to initialize it and use other packages, you need | ||
| a package description file in some project directory. | a package description file in some project directory. | ||
| - | All this can be created by the command '' | + | All this can be created by the command '' |
| - | some questions: | + | |
| - | > cpm new | + | > cypm new myproject |
| - | Create a new package | + | |
| - | -------------------- | + | |
| - | What is the name of the new package? myproject | + | |
| - | What is the first version of the package? [0.0.1] | + | |
| - | Who is the author of the package? Joe Curry < | + | |
| - | Please provide a short (one line) summary of what the package does: | + | |
| - | > This is just for testing. | + | |
| - | A new package in the directory 'myproject' has been created. | + | |
| - | Please go into this directory, add dependencies in ' | + | |
| - | and run 'cpm install' | + | |
| - | As you will see, an initial package description file '' | + | This command creates a new project directory '' |
| - | and a subdirectory '' | + | containing |
| - | for your project, add it as a dependency in '' | + | and a subdirectory '' |
| + | If you need some other package for your project, | ||
| + | add it as a dependency in '' | ||
| Then run | Then run | ||
| - | > cpm install | + | > cypm install |
| to install all dependencies of the current package. | to install all dependencies of the current package. | ||
| Afterwards, start your interactive Curry environment by | Afterwards, start your interactive Curry environment by | ||
| - | > cpm curry | + | > cypm curry |
| and you will be able to load the modules of the current package | and you will be able to load the modules of the current package | ||
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| so that you can directly load any program you have stored | so that you can directly load any program you have stored | ||
| in this directory. | in this directory. | ||
| + | For instance, if the module '' | ||
| + | directory '' | ||
| + | (e.g., KiCS2 or PAKCS) by | ||
| + | |||
| + | > cypm curry :load Main | ||
| ===== Manual and Further Documentation ===== | ===== Manual and Further Documentation ===== | ||
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| However, if you have developed some package that might be of | However, if you have developed some package that might be of | ||
| interest to other Curry users, please send the package | interest to other Curry users, please send the package | ||
| - | as a zip file, or just the package description file | + | as a tar or zip file to |
| - | '' | + | |
| - | available git archive) | + | |
| packages (AT) curry-language.org | packages (AT) curry-language.org | ||
