rockhopper: metapackage generator

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SUMMARY

rockhopper generates installer packages for a wide variety of platforms.

Distro hoppers, enjoy~

EXAMPLE

$ cd example/sh

$ rockhopper

$ tree .rockhopper/artifacts
.rockhopper/artifacts
├── alpine-linux
│   └── raygun-1.2.3-r81.noarch.apk
├── fedora
│   └── raygun-1.2.3-81.noarch.rpm
├── freebsd
│   └── raygun-1.2.3_81.pkg
├── macos
│   └── raygun-universal-1.2.3-81.pkg
└── ubuntu
    └── raygun_1.2.3-81_all.deb

See rockhopper -h for more options.

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System Requirements

Bitness

64

Hosts

• Alpine Linux (ARM, Intel)
• Fedora (ARM, Intel)
• FreeBSD (Intel)
• macOS (ARM, Intel)
• Ubuntu (ARM, Intel)
• Windows (ARM, Intel) via WSL

For more host platforms and installation methods, see our install guide.

STOCK IMAGES

rockhopper organizes package generators by distro.

Version pin tags also available, of the form:

<rockhopper version>-<distro>

Multiplatform images available. Supported platforms may vary by distro.

Pro tip: A happy consequence of building Ubuntu packages, is that Windows users can then access your applications via WSL.

Note: Our stock images emphasize build binary based packages.

For information on developing custom rockhopper images, see the rocklets interface.

RUNTIME REQUIREMENTS

• a docker CLI

Recommended

• a UNIX-like environment (e.g. WSL)
• a host capable of running musl/Linux containers (e.g. a GNU/Linux, musl/Linux, macOS, or Windows host)
• Docker First Aid Kit
• Apple Silicon macOS users may want to apply DOCKER_DEFAULT_PLATFORM=linux/amd64, as many industry Docker images lag behind in ARM support
• GNU time
• tree

ABOUT

rockhopper bundles all the tools needed to generate packages, inside Docker containers.

CONFIGURATION

For information on configuring rockhopper, see our configuration guide.

TIPS

Fully static Go/musl binaries tend to improve portability for compiled applications.

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RESOURCES

Prior art, personal plugs, and tools for developing portable applications (including non-Rust projects)!

• alien - an OS package converter
• apple-platform-rs, bomutils, stuckliste - Apple Bom format research
• cargo - a crossplatform package manager for Rust projects
• fpm - an older, host native package generator
• go mod - a crossplatform package manager for Go applications
• mcandre/chandler - an OS agnostic tar normalizer
• mcandre/crit - an automated Rust multiplatform compiler
• mcandre/factorio - an automated Go multiplatform compiler
• mcandre/tuggy - an automated Docker multiplatform image builder
• n4jm4/raspberry-pi-os - a Docker base image for Raspberry Pi OS
• xgo - an automated cGo multiplatform compiler

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