Package/Manager/Meta

• Meta Package Manager aka Universal Installer

  • A special class of package manager that itself can reference packages from multiple package managers.

  • Examples

    • aqua
    • asdf
    • vfox
    • houseabsolute/ubi: The Universal Binary Installer
      • This is a term from mise here
        • while deprecated in the mise ecosystem, it was supported by mise for a while
        • Example: ubi:BurntSushi/ripgrep in mise/Config/mise.toml would install rg with mise

  • adjacent technologies

    • Nix/Package/Manager lets people install binaries that are built from standardized Nix/Derivations that are pre-built in the custom CI system nix/Hydra and searchable in Nix/Package/Registry
    • brew - a package manager and ecosystem for collecting "formulas" for installing things that may themselves may or may not also be published to other package managers