glacier4/README.md

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## Glacier
Glacier is the package management system for Everest Linux. It controls all user-installed packages on the system.
Glacier is designed from the ground up, and uses a simple, PKGBUILD-like format, for ease of use.
## Get started
Glacier requires the following packages:
- Bash (Glacier runtime)
- GNU make (package compilation)
- GCC (or any compatible C compiler)
- Git (required by some packages for source control)
- Autoconf (required by some packages for compilation)
- Automake (required by some packages for compilation)
- EITHER GNU wget (package downloads)
- OR curl (package downloads)
- ecrypt (integrity checking)
To install Glacier, clone this repository:
```
git clone https://git.everestlinux.org/EverestLinux/glacier
cd glacier/install
```
Inside the `install` directory, edit install.conf.dist, ensure all options are adequate, and save as install.conf:
```
EDITOR=your_editor_here
$EDITOR install.conf.dist
```
Run `build.sh` as root:
```
doas ./build.sh install
# OR
sudo ./build.sh install
# OR
su -c ./build.sh install
```
## Included programs
- gpkg (interfaces with and manages all packages under Glacier's local index)
- syspkg (like gpkg, except operates on the system's index)
- glist (lists all installed packages, or searches by name)
- gquery (queries information from a package)
- gpc (checks a local package against Glacier's packaging standards)
- glacier-mkprofile (updates the system profile)