distros

This module implements the basics for Linux distribution ("distro") detection and the OS's native package manager. Its primary purpose is to produce output for Nimble packages like:

To complete the installation, run:

sudo apt-get install libblas-dev
sudo apt-get install libvoodoo

The above output could be the result of a code snippet like:

if detectOs(Ubuntu):
  foreignDep "lbiblas-dev"
  foreignDep "libvoodoo"

See packaging for hints on distributing Nim using OS packages.

Imports

strutils, osproc, os

Types

Distribution {...}{.pure.} = enum
  Windows,                  ## some version of Windows
  Posix,                    ## some Posix system
  MacOSX,                   ## some version of OSX
  Linux,                    ## some version of Linux
  Ubuntu, Debian, Gentoo, Fedora, RedHat, OpenSUSE, Manjaro, Elementary, Zorin,
  CentOS, Deepin, ArchLinux, Antergos, PCLinuxOS, Mageia, LXLE, Solus, Lite,
  Slackware, Androidx86, Puppy, Peppermint, Tails, AntiX, Kali, SparkyLinux,
  Apricity, BlackLab, Bodhi, TrueOS, ArchBang, KaOS, WattOS, Korora, Simplicity,
  RemixOS, OpenMandriva, Netrunner, Alpine, BlackArch, Ultimate, Gecko, Parrot,
  KNOPPIX, GhostBSD, Sabayon, Salix, Q4OS, ClearOS, Container, ROSA, Zenwalk,
  Parabola, ChaletOS, BackBox, MXLinux, Vector, Maui, Qubes, RancherOS, Oracle,
  TinyCore, Robolinux, Trisquel, Voyager, Clonezilla, SteamOS, Absolute, NixOS, ## NixOS or a Nix build environment
  AUSTRUMI, Arya, Porteus, AVLinux, Elive, Bluestar, SliTaz, Solaris, Chakra,
  Wifislax, Scientific, ExTiX, Rockstor, GoboLinux, BSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD,
  DragonFlyBSD, Haiku

the list of known distributions Source Edit

Consts

LacksDevPackages = {Distribution.Gentoo, Distribution.Slackware,
                    Distribution.ArchLinux}

Source Edit

Procs

proc foreignCmd(cmd: string; requiresSudo = false) {...}{.raises: [], tags: [].}

Registers a foreign command to the intern list of commands that can be queried later. Source Edit

proc foreignDepInstallCmd(foreignPackageName: string): (string, bool) {...}{.
    raises: [Exception, IOError, OSError],
    tags: [ExecIOEffect, ReadIOEffect, RootEffect, ReadEnvEffect].}

Returns the distro's native command line to install 'foreignPackageName' and whether it requires root/admin rights. Source Edit

proc foreignDep(foreignPackageName: string) {...}{.
    raises: [Exception, IOError, OSError],
    tags: [ExecIOEffect, ReadIOEffect, RootEffect, ReadEnvEffect].}

Registers 'foreignPackageName' to the internal list of foreign deps. It is your job to ensure the package name Source Edit

proc echoForeignDeps() {...}{.raises: [], tags: [].}

Writes the list of registered foreign deps to stdout. Source Edit

Templates

template detectOs(d: untyped): bool

Distro/OS detection. For convenience the required Distribution. qualifier is added to the enum value. Source Edit