Packages Sets

A package set is described in a YAML file, usually named package-set.yml and which contains the following properties.

• A name, and optional description.
• A flag denoting whether the package set is optional.
• An optional script line to run before any other action.
• Either:
  • A list of packages to be installed by their respective installers.
  • A set of keyed scripts executed during different installer actions.
• An optional name for an env file to link into the user's configuration space.
• An optional map of files to be symbolically linked into the user's file system.
• An optional script line to run after all other actions.

A number of examples are described in Example package sets appendix.

Example Package Set file

name: lux
env-file: sample.env
actions:
  packages:
    - name: lux
      kind:
        language: python
link-files:
  set-lux: "{{local-bin}}/set-lux"

Env variables

Package actions

Script actions

Run-before and run-after script strings

Env files

Link files