The xPack XBB Bootstrap
A standalone cross-platform (macOS/Linux) XBB Bootstrap binary distribution, intended for reproducible builds.
It includes most of the tools available in the XBB Docker v3.4 images, and is intended to be used to bootstrap the creation of separate packages with these tools.
In addition to the the binary archives and the package meta data, this project also includes the build scripts.
Early deprecation notice
This package is not recommended for new designs. It will be used as a direct replacement for the Docker images, to build all existing binary xPacks.
Once the new build scripts are functional, the plan is to move components out as separate packages, to the point when there will be no components left, when this package will be retired.
Overview
This open source project is hosted on GitHub as
xpack-dev-tools/xbb-bootstrap-xpack
and provides the platform specific binaries for the
xPack XBB Bootstrap.
The binaries can be installed automatically as binary xPacks or manually as portable archives.
Release schedule
There are no scheduled releases.
User info
This section is intended as a shortcut for those who plan to use the XBB Bootstrap binaries. For full details please read the xPack XBB pages.
Easy install
The easiest way to install XBB Bootstrap is using the binary xPack, available as
@xpack-dev-tools/xbb-bootstrap
from the npmjs.com
registry.
Prerequisites
The only requirement is a recent
xpm
, which is a portable
Node.js command line application. To install it,
follow the instructions from the
xpm page.
Install
With the xpm
tool available, installing
the latest version of the package and adding it as
a dependency for a project is quite easy:
cd my-project
xpm init # Only at first use.
xpm install @xpack-dev-tools/xbb-bootstrap@latest
ls -l xpacks/.bin
This command will:
- install the latest available version, into the central xPacks store, if not already there
- add symbolic links to the central store
into the local
xpacks/.bin
folder.
The central xPacks store is a platform dependent
folder; check the output of the xpm
command for the actual
folder used on your platform).
This location is configurable via the environment variable
XPACKS_STORE_FOLDER
; for more details please check the
xpm folders page.
For xPacks aware tools, like the Eclipse Embedded C/C++ plug-ins, it is also possible to install XBB Bootstrap globally, in the user home folder:
xpm install --global @xpack-dev-tools/xbb-bootstrap@latest
Uninstall
To remove the links from the current project:
cd my-project
xpm uninstall @xpack-dev-tools/xbb-bootstrap
To completely remove the package from the global store:
xpm uninstall --global @xpack-dev-tools/xbb-bootstrap
Manual install
For all platforms, the xPack XBB Bootstrap binaries are released as portable archives that can be installed in any location.
The archives can be downloaded from the GitHub Releases page.
For more details please read the Install page.
Versioning
The version strings used by the XBB project are semver strings
like 4.0.0
.
Maintainer info
Support
The quick answer is to use the GitHub Discussions.
For more details please read the Support page.
License
The original content is released under the MIT License, with all rights reserved to Liviu Ionescu.
The binary distributions include several open-source components; the
corresponding licenses are available in the installed
distro-info/licenses
folder.
Download analytics
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- individual file counters (grouped per release)
- npmjs.com
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