pactkg

Cross-distro, user-space package manager for CLI tools by The Krew Group. Installs apps to ~/.local/bin—no root required.

Build dependency

• curl
• nlohmann/json
• sqlite3
• openssl

Installation

curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/KopyTKG/pactkg/refs/heads/Live/scripts/install.sh | sudo bash

From source

ninja is recommended for building, but you can use make if you prefer.

git clone https://github.com/KopyTKG/pactkg

cd pactkg
mkdir build && cd build

cmake ../ -G Ninja

ninja

mv pactkg ~/.local/bin/pactkg
sudo chmod +x ~/.local/bin/pactkg

Usage

# Display help
packtkg 
packtkg help

# List all available packages
packtkg list

# Search for a package (finds names that include the search term)
packtkg search <package_name>

# Install a package
packtkg install <package_name>

# Uninstall a package
packtkg uninstall <package_name>

# Update
# Updates all installed packages to their latest versions
packtkg update

# Update a specific package
packtkg update <package_name>

# Licenses
packtkg licenses