Coldbrew package manager (gitlab.postmarketos.org)

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Coldbrew is a "brew" style package manager for Linux distributions that offers the full power of the Alpine Linux aports repository with no root access required

Coldbrew is a bit of a mix of flatpak and homebrew. It uses a very lightweight sandbox (bubblewrap) mainly as a means of isolating dependencies. It aims to server a similar goal as homebrew, but without the PATH issues homebrew brings (see: https://invent.kde.org/kde-linux/kde-linux/-/merge_requests/408)

Example Usage:

coldbrew install neovim # install the package
coldbrew run nvim       # run nvim
coldbrew wrap nvim      # create a wrapper to type less
nvim                    # run nvim

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[-] excel@lemming.megumin.org 0 points 3 days ago

So in other words, it fixes all of the shit that makes Flatpak broken and useless?

[-] Allero@lemmy.today 1 points 2 days ago

Rather, removes all the security elements, forcing you to risk your system because you never learned permissions.

[-] Oinks@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 days ago

In the sense that allowing a malicious application to steal your SSH keys is "fixing", yes.

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