https://github.com/schniz/gpkg

🌎 A global Node binary manager written in Rust
https://github.com/schniz/gpkg

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🌎 A global Node binary manager written in Rust

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/schniz/gpkg
• Owner: Schniz
• Created: 2019-12-26T22:14:29.000Z (about 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-12-11T19:33:50.000Z (22 days ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-12-26T04:08:15.877Z (8 days ago)
• Topics: binary, global, hacktoberfest, manager, node, package, rust
• Language: Rust
• Homepage: https://github.com/Schniz/gpkg
• Size: 82 KB
• Stars: 63
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 3
• Open Issues: 18
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  • Readme: README.md

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# `gpkg`

> 🌎 A consistent global binary manager for Node.js packages, built in Rust

🔒 Lock the correct Node.js version for binaries

💎 Works with [fnm](https://github.com/Schniz/fnm) and nvm and any other Node.js version manager

✨ Single file, easy installation

## Installation

1. Download the latest binary into your `$PATH`

2. Add `~/.gpkg/bin` to your `$PATH` environment variable

3. Smile, you're done! 😺

## Usage

* `gpkg install `: install a package and its binaries

* `gpkg uninstall `: uninstall a package and its binaries

* `gpkg list`: list all installed binaries, their packages and node versions

* `gpkg completions `: generate shell completions for `gpkg`

## 💡 The idea

Install a binary from `npm`, while "statically linking" it to a specific Node version. So, if you installed [`qnm`](https://github.com/ranyitz/qnm) using Node 12 — you'll consistently call Node 12 when using it, even if you changed your Node version to 13, using [`fnm`](https://github.com/Schniz/fnm).