epkg documentation

This is the documentation index for epkg, a lightweight multi-source package manager for Linux. For a high-level overview, use cases, and quick start, see the README.

Documentation map

User guide

• Getting started — How to install epkg and run your first commands (create env, install package).
• Developer quick start — Build from source, development loop, testing.
• Environments — Environment lifecycle: create, remove, register, unregister, activate, deactivate, path, config, and --root / .eenv discovery.
• Package operations — install, remove, update, upgrade, list, search, info with example output.
• Advanced usage — Running commands in an env (run), service management, history/restore, gc, convert/unpack/hash, busybox.

Reference

• Command reference — Full list of commands and global options (from epkg help).
• Repositories — Channel list and epkg repo list output.
• Paths and layout — User vs root installation paths and directory layout.

Other

• Design notes — design-notes/ — Layout, repodata, package format, build system, etc.
• Package format — epkg-format.md — epkg binary package format.
• x2epkg — x2epkg/ — Converting RPM/DEB and desktop integration.