ChamesleThe easiest way is the Store in the menu: it shows apps from Flathub and from the Chamesle repo together. Under the hood there are three ways to get software on Chamesle.
Flathub is the easy one: it's already set up, apps are sandboxed, and they update on their own. Use it for desktop apps like Spotify, Discord, Steam or OBS.
flatpak install flathub com.spotify.Clientapk is the system package manager. It's what the system itself is made of, and it has everything from desktop apps to compilers and servers. From 0.2 on, Chamesle uses apk (0.1 still uses xbps underneath).
pkgimport is for everything else: if an app only comes as a .deb or .rpm,
double-click it. More below.
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Using apk
sudo apk update | get the latest package list |
sudo apk upgrade | update everything |
sudo apk add gimp | install something |
sudo apk del gimp | remove it |
apk search -v paint | search by name |
apk info -a gimp | details about a package |
apk info --who-owns /usr/bin/gimp | which package a file came from |
pkgimport: .deb and .rpm files
Downloaded a .deb or .rpm from a website? Double-click it. Chamesle converts it to a
normal package and installs it, and the libraries it needs come from our repo. Or in a terminal:
sudo pkgimport install ~/Downloads/something.debRemove it like anything else, with sudo apk del NAME. Most apps work this way. If one was built for
a library version we don't have, pkgimport says which one, and the Flathub version is the way to go.
The repository
Packages are hosted on SourceForge and signed with the Chamesle key. On a Chamesle system,
/etc/apk/repositories has this line:
v3 https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/chameslereposThere are almost 15,000 packages and they're kept up to date. The public key is on GitHub.
Missing something? Open an issue and say what.