Need to install a CLI tool (SPM package) for a specific project, but don’t want to install it globally? Just spmtry it!!!
Example
Running latest Kitura sample from https://github.com/IBM-Swift/Kitura-Sample:
Getting Started
spmtry is an SPM package (surprise, surprise). Just clone the repo, build the project using swift build.
It is recommended to add the path to executable to $PATH
How it works
spmtry checkouts the repo, builds the project and runs the executable found in the package.
Understanding folder structure
~/.spm/checkouts - All repos will be cloned as sub directories of this root directory
~/.spm/bin - Currently, each built executable is placed in subdirectories (name = commit-hash)
of this root directory. But this may change in future once --install flag is added
SPMTry
Need to install a CLI tool (SPM package) for a specific project, but don’t want to install it globally? Just
spmtryit!!!Example
Running latest Kitura sample from
https://github.com/IBM-Swift/Kitura-Sample:Getting Started
spmtryis an SPM package (surprise, surprise). Just clone the repo, build the project usingswift build.How it works
spmtrycheckouts the repo, builds the project and runs the executable found in the package.Understanding folder structure
~/.spm/checkouts- All repos will be cloned as sub directories of this root directory~/.spm/bin- Currently, each built executable is placed in subdirectories (name = commit-hash) of this root directory. But this may change in future once--installflag is added