upack

upack is a command-line tool used to create and install universal packages; you can also see which packages are installed on a machine.

Installation

Use dotnet tool install:

upack is available as a dotnet tool. You can install it using dotnet tool install upack and then execute it using dotnet upack.

Download Tool:

If you don't want to use upack as a dotnet tool, you can download it from the GitHub Releases Page instead. You can either download a self-contained binary that targets your specific operating system, or a generic distribution that requires an installed .net version.

Self-contained OS-specific downloads have no external dependencies.

Command Line Reference

On Windows:

upack «command»

On Linux:

When running the .NET Core version of upack on Linux, you will need to use dotnet upack.dll instead of upack.

dotnet upack.dll «command»

Where command is one of the following:

pack

Creates a new universal package using specified metadata and source directory.

upack pack «source» [--metadata=«metadata»] [--targetDirectory=«targetDirectory»] [--group=«group»] [--name=«name»] [--version=«version»] [--title=«title»] [--description=«description»] [--icon=«icon»]

• source - Directory containing files to add to the package.
• metadata - Path of a valid upack.json metadata file.
• targetDirectory - Directory where the .upack file will be created. If not specified, the current working directory is used.
• group - Package group. If metadata file is provided, value will be ignored.
• name - Package name. If metadata file is provided, value will be ignored.
• version - Package version. If metadata file is provided, value will be ignored.
• title - Package title. If metadata file is provided, value will be ignored.
• description - Package description. If metadata file is provided, value will be ignored.
• icon - Icon absolute Url. If metadata file is provided, value will be ignored.

push

Pushes a universal package to the specified feed.

upack push «package» «target» [--user=«authentication»]

• package - Path of a valid .upack file.
• target - URL of a upack API endpoint. If not specified, the UPACK_FEED environment variable is used.
• user - Credentials to use for servers that require authentication. This can be either «username»:«password» or api:«api-key»

unpack

Extracts the contents of a universal package to a directory.

upack unpack «package» «target» [--overwrite]

• package - Path of a valid .upack file.
• target - Directory where the contents of the package will be extracted.
• overwrite - When specified, overwrite files in the target directory.

install

Downloads the specified universal package and extracts its contents to a directory.

upack install «package» [«version»] --source=«source» --target=«target» [--user=«authentication»] [--comment=«comment»] [--overwrite] [--prerelease] [--userregistry] [--unregistered] [--cache]

• package - Package name and group, such as group/name.
• version - Package version. Supports wildcards (*). If not specified, the latest version is retrieved.
• source - URL of a upack API endpoint. If not specified, the UPACK_FEED environment variable is used.
• target - Directory where the contents of the package will be extracted.
• user - Credentials to use for servers that require authentication. This can be either «username»:«password» or api:«api-key». If not specified, the UPACK_USER environment variable is used.
• overwrite - When specified, Overwrite files in the target directory.
• prerelease - When version is not specified, will install the latest prerelase version instead of the latest stable version.
• comment - The reason for installing the package, for the local registry.
• userregistry - Register the package in the user registry instead of the machine registry.
• unregistered - Do not register the package in a local registry.
• cache - Cache the contents of the package in the local registry.

update

Update the specified universal package.

upack update «package» [«version»] --source=«source» --target=«target» [--user=«authentication»] [--comment=«comment»] [--prerelease] [--userregistry] [--unregistered] [--cache] [--force] [--check]

• package - Package name and group, such as group/name.
• version - Package version. Supports wildcards (*). If not specified, the latest version is retrieved.
• source - URL of a upack API endpoint. If not specified, the URL in registry or UPACK_FEED environment variable is used.
• target - (Optional) Directory where the package is installed.
• user - Credentials to use for servers that require authentication. This can be either «username»:«password» or api:«api-key». If not specified, the UPACK_USER environment variable is used.
• prerelease - When version is not specified, will install the latest prerelase version instead of the latest stable version.
• comment - The reason for updating the package, for the local registry.
• userregistry - Register the package in the user registry instead of the machine registry.
• unregistered - Do not register the package in a local registry.
• cache - Cache the contents of the package in the local registry.
• clean - Delete the directory of the package to perform a clean update.
• force - Force the update even if it's already up-to-date.
• check - Checks for new package update.

remove

Remove the specified universal package.

upack remove «package» --target=«target» [--userregistry] [--rmregistry]

• package - Package name and group, such as group/name.
• target - (Optional) Directory where the package to be removed is located.
• userregistry - Use this if you registered the package installation using the user registry instead of the machine registry.
• rmregistry - Use this if you need to remove a remaining registry from a package that has been deleted without using the tool. The command will still check if the package exists to remove it as well.

get

Downloads a universal package from a feed without installing it.

upack get «package» [«version»] --source=«source» --target=«target» [--user=«authentication»] [--overwrite] [--prerelease]

• package - Package name and group, such as group/name.
• version - Package version. Supports wildcards (*). If not specified, the latest version is retrieved.
• source - URL of a upack API endpoint. If not specified, the UPACK_FEED environment variable is used.
• target - Directory where the contents of the package will be extracted.
• user - Credentials to use for servers that require authentication. This can be either «username»:«password» or api:«api-key». If not specified, the UPACK_USER environment variable is used.
• overwrite - When specified, overwrite files in the target directory.
• prerelease - When version is not specified, will download the latest prerelase version instead of the latest stable version.

list

Lists packages installed in the local registry.

upack list [--userregistry]

• userregistry - List packages in the user registry instead of the machine registry.

repack

Creates a new universal package by repackaging an existing package with a new version number and audit information.

upack repack «source» [--newVersion=«newVersion»] [--targetDirectory=«targetDirectory»] [--note=«auditNote»] [--overwrite] 

• source - The path of the existing upack file.
• newVersion - New package version to use.
• targetDirectory - Directory where the .upack file will be created. If not specified, the current working directory is used.
• note - A description of the purpose for repackaging that will be entered as the audit note.
• overwrite - Overwrite existing package file if it already exists.

verify

Verifies that a specified package hash matches the hash stored in a universal feed.

upack verify «package» «source» [--user=«authentication»]

• package - Path of a valid .upack file.
• source - URL of a upack API endpoint. If not specified, the UPACK_FEED environment variable is used.
• user - Credentials to use for servers that require authentication. This can be either «username»:«password» or api:«api-key». If not specified, the UPACK_USER environment variable is used.

hash

Calculates the SHA1 hash of a local package and writes it to standard output.

upack hash «package»

• package - Path of a valid .upack file.

metadata

Displays metadata for a remote universal package.

upack metadata «package» [«version»] --source=«source» [--user=«authentication»] [--file=«file»]

• package - Package name and group, such as group/name.
• version - Package version. Supports wildcards (*). If not specified, the latest version is retrieved.
• source - URL of a upack API endpoint. If not specified, the UPACK_FEED environment variable is used.
• user - Credentials to use for servers that require authentication. This can be either «username»:«password» or api:«api-key». If not specified, the UPACK_USER environment variable is used.
• file - The metadata file to display relative to the .upack root; the default is upack.json.

version

Outputs the installed version of upack.

upack version