ANN: A portable and decentralized package manager for sharing Logtalk and Prolog resources

[Paulo Moura]

Hi,

The recently released Logtalk 3.51.0 version includes a beta version of the new "packs" tool, a portable and decentralized package manager for sharing Logtalk and Prolog resources:

https://logtalk.org/manuals/devtools/packs.html

This tool allows anyone wishing to share their work to setup a pack registry allowing users to easily install and update those resources. Some of those pack registries are indexed at:

https://github.com/LogtalkDotOrg/pack-registries

The "packs" tool runs on most of the Logtalk supported backend Prolog systems (see the "Known issues" section in the first link above for current exceptions). When installing Prolog packs, Logtalk is only required to run the tool.

The tool includes documentation and linter support for defining new registry and pack specifications. Feedback is most welcome. Let us know if you setup a public pack registry.

Enjoy,
Paulo

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Paulo Moura
Logtalk developer

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What is LVM: lvm ?
https://logtalk.org/manuals/devtools/packs.html

[Paulo Moura]

The latest git version of the packs tool now supports defining, saving, and restoring virtual environments (i.e. the currently defined registries and installed packs). For a documentation preview, see:

https://logtalk3.readthedocs.io/en/latest/devtools/packs.html#virtual-environments