$package_install_tarext

Extension to use for tarballs. See the sys/tool/tar library for popular options.

Default: tar.gz

package_install_local()

Performs a local installation of the given package version ($1).

package_install_remote()

Performs a remote installation of the given package version ($1).

generate installer script

package_install_script_header()

Generates header for a script.

package_install_script_common()

Generates script to extract tarball, bootstrap it, install it, and then clean up after itself.

package_install_script_net()

Generates script to install on the local host.

package_install_script_remote()

Generates script to install on a remote host

package_install_script_net()

Generates script to download a package tarball and install it on the local machine.

package_install_script_net_download()

Generates the portion of a network installer script that downloads the package tarball from the location specified by the package settings.

The download URL is generated from the following package settings:

DOWNLOAD_SCHEME DOWNLOAD_HOST DOWNLOAD_PATH

package_install_script_complete()

Generates a script that contains the distribution files for the given package version ($1) encoded as a here document that can extract itself when the installer is run.

$1 - Package version

This function performs the following steps to generate the script:

• Generates but saves the contents function. We do this first, as it will fail if the distribution file is missing.
• Prints the script header
• Prints the saved function that contains the encoded distribution contents.
• Prints a function to unpack the embedded script contents.
• Prints a function to performs the local installation

package_install_script_complete_unpack()

Generates portion of all-in-one installer script that unpacks the embedded distribution files.

package_install_script_complete_contents()

Generates the portion of all-in-one installer script that contains the embedded distribution contents. The package files are embedded as an encoded here document that decodes its contents when called.

$1 - Version of package distribution to include in the installer script.