A standalone cross-platform (macOS/Linux) GNU sed binary distribution, intended for reproducible builds.
The main target is macOS 10.13, whose older version of this utility fails some builds.
In addition to the the binary archives and the package meta data, this project also includes the build scripts.
OverviewThis open source project is hosted on GitHub as xpack-dev-tools/sed-xpack
and provides the platform specific binaries for the xPack GNU sed.
This distribution follows the official GNU sed releases.
The binaries can be installed automatically as binary xPacks or manually as portable archives.
Release scheduleThis distribution is generally one minor release behind the upstream releases. In practical terms, when the minor release number changes, it awaits a few more weeks to get the latest patch release.
User infoThis section is intended as a shortcut for those who plan to use the GNU sed binaries. For full details please read the xPack GNU sed pages.
Easy installThe easiest way to install GNU sed is using the binary xPack, available as @xpack-dev-tools/sed
from the npmjs.com
registry.
A recent xpm, which is a portable Node.js command line application that complements npm with several extra features specific to C/C++ projects.
It is recommended to install/update to the latest version with:
npm install --location=global xpm@latest
For details please follow the instructions in the xPack install page.
InstallWith the xpm
tool available, installing the latest version of the package and adding it as a development dependency for a project is quite easy:
cd my-project xpm init # Add a package.json if not already present xpm install @xpack-dev-tools/sed@latest --verbose ls -l xpacks/.bin
This command will:
.cmd
forwarders on Windows) into the local xpacks/.bin
folder.The central xPacks store is a platform dependent location in the home folder; check the output of the xpm
command for the actual folder used on your platform. This location is configurable via the environment variable XPACKS_STORE_FOLDER
; for more details please check the xpm folders page.
It is also possible to install GNU sed globally, in the user home folder:
xpm install --global @xpack-dev-tools/sed@latest --verbose
After install, the package should create a structure like this (macOS files; only the first two depth levels are shown):
$ tree -L 2 /Users/ilg/Library/xPacks/\@xpack-dev-tools/sed/4.9.0-3.1/.content/ /Users/ilg/Library/xPacks/\@xpack-dev-tools/sed/4.9.0-3.1/.content/ âââ README.md âââ bin â  âââ gsed -> sed â  âââ sed âââ distro-info âââ CHANGELOG.md âââ licenses âââ scripts 5 directories, 4 files
No other files are installed in any system folders or other locations.
UninstallThe binaries are distributed as portable archives; thus they do not need to run a setup and do not require an uninstall; simply removing the folder is enough.
To remove the links created by xpm in the current project:
cd my-project xpm uninstall @xpack-dev-tools/sed
To completely remove the package from the central xPack store:
xpm uninstall --global @xpack-dev-tools/sedManual install
For all platforms, the xPack GNU sed binaries are released as portable archives that can be installed in any location.
The archives can be downloaded from the GitHub Releases page.
For more details please read the Install page.
VersioningThe version strings used by the GNU sed project are two number strings like 4.9
, extended to 4.9.0
to look like semver; to this string the xPack distribution adds a four number, but since semver allows only three numbers, all additional ones can be added only as pre-release strings, separated by a dash, like 4.9.0-3
. When published as a npm package, the version gets a fifth number, like 4.9.0-3.1
.
Since adherence of third party packages to semver is not guaranteed, it is recommended to use semver expressions like ^4.9.0
and ~4.9.0
with caution, and prefer exact matches, like 4.9.0-3.1
.
For maintainer info, please see the README-MAINTAINER.
SupportThe quick advice for getting support is to use the GitHub Discussions.
For more details please read the Support page.
LicenseUnless otherwise stated, the content is released under the terms of the MIT License, with all rights reserved to Liviu Ionescu.
The binary distributions include several open-source components; the corresponding licenses are available in the installed distro-info/licenses
folder.
xpack-dev-tools/sed-xpack
repo@xpack-dev-tools/sed
xPackCredit to Shields IO for the badges and to Somsubhra/github-release-stats for the individual file counters.
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