Guigna* is the prototype of a GUI supporting Homebrew, MacPorts, Fink and pkgsrc at the same time.
Guigna tries to abstract several package managers by creating generalized classes (GSystem and GPackage) while keeping a minimalist approach and using screen scraping. The original implementations in Objective-C and MacRuby/RubyMotion are being ported to Swift.
Guigna doesn't hide the complexity of compiling open source software: it launches the shell commands in a Terminal window you can monitor and interrupt. When administration privilege or another input are required, the answer to the prompt can be typed directly in the Terminal brought to the foreground thanks to the Scripting Bridge.
When multiple package managers are detected, their sandboxes are hidden by appending
_off to their prefix before the compilation phase. An on-line mode, however,
allows to get the details about the packages by scraping directly their original
repositories.
Guigna is at a very early stage of development and it is tested only for the latest versions of macOS, Xcode and Swift betas. Some preliminary builds are available from Dropbox.
Some advice and warnings:
- Add the system prefixes (
/opt/local,/usr/local,/sw) and their hidden versions (with a_offsuffix) to the Private section of the Spotlight preference panel, since they are renamed continuously. No other modifications are made to the system: simply delete~/Library/Application Support/Guignaand executedefaults delete name.soranzio.guido.Guignafor a fresh restart. - In systems other than MacPorts and Homebrew many commands don't work since they are still sketched mock-ups.
Stopis not implemented yet. Forcing quitting and restarting Guigna should offer to unhide the detected prefixes. Remember that, in comparison to other traditional GUIs, Guigna is scripting the Terminal and you can always check the tasks which are executing in the shell.
GSource is a collection of GItems
. .
/_\ /_\
| | status: available
| | uptodate
outdated
GSystem GPackages inactive
The following GSystem methods execute the corresponding command,
update the 'items' array and return a copy:
- list
- installed
- outdated
- inactive
The following methods build and return the corresponding commands
as strings:
- installCmd(pkg)
- uninstallCmd(pkg)
- upgradeCmd(pkg)
The following methods execute specific commands and return the output:
- home(item) URL of the original website
- log(item) URL of the page listing the versions/commits
- info(item) output of the 'info' command
- deps(item) list of the dependencies/requirements
- cat(item) portfile, formula, spec or makefile
- contents(item) list of installed files
Other GSystem methods and properties:
- index dictionary of the system's items, having
'name-system' as keys: it is used for a fast
access when determining new and updated items
- [name] accessor to the indexed package carrying that name
- prefix /opt/local, /usr/local, /sw, /usr/pkg, ...
- cmd prefix + /bin/port | bin/brew | /bin/fink | ...
- agent passed by appDelegate and implementing the methods:
- nodesForURL:XPath:
- outputForCommand:
- appDelegate (it gives access to GuignaAppDelegate)
- outputFor shortcut for calling agent's outputForCommand: method,
passing a format and a va_list of args
GPackage properties:
- system weak reference to its GSystem (GSource)
(source)
- installed installed version (string or nil)
- mark enum: install, uninstall, upgrade, fetch, ...
- options available variants/options/flags, joined by space
- marked variants/options/flags marked by the user for committing
Options
- *Cmd shortcuts to self.system.*Cmd(pkg), passing itself as argument
Inactive packages are not indexed and are inserted also directly in
the appDelegate's allPackages array.
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* The Kodkod (Leopardus guigna), also called guiña, is the smallest cat in the Americas.
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