CBDK

A Way to bundle and install packages for linux

Why

I was annoyed that I had to manually create desktop files to get appimages in my app menu, so I made this so that people who make apps can give a bundle that does this for you. While it was made for appimages, there is nothing stopping you from using other types of executable files too.

Requirements

• Only works on linux(possibly bsd too, but untested)
• cargo
• xdg-utils
• desktop-file-utils
• shared-mime-info

Installation

Manual

git clone https://github.com/chickencuber/cdbk.git # clone the repo
cd cdbk
cargo install --path . # install the repo
cdbk setup # setup system integration

Install with Cargo

cargo install cdbk
cdbk setup # setup system integration

How to use

Create a bundle

create a directory with required files inside(you can check this for more info) and run cdbk package [directory name] and you'll have a new bundle created

Install a bundle

there are 2 ways to install a bundle, either run cdbk install bundle.cdbk, or in your favorite file manager, open the file with cdbk package installer

Extract a bundle

you can extract a bundle with cdbk extract bundle.cdbk, which will let you get to the files the bundle is made with

Uninstalling an installed bundle

run cdbk remove "bundle name" and it will install the bundle

Uninstalling cdbk

if you want to uninstall cdbk, make sure to run cdbk uninstall first to remove all stuff it changed, then you can uninstall it using cargo

Planned

• a way for bundles to auto update TODO