Package Management in Project

The package management command $ xmake require can be used to manually display, download, install, uninstall, retrieve, and view package information.

xmake require is only used for the current project. We also provide a more convenient, independent xrepo package manager command to install, uninstall, find, and manage packages globally.

For detailed documentation, see: Getting Started with Xrepo Commands

Install the specified package

$ xmake require tbox

Install the specified version package:

$ xmake require tbox "~1.6"

Force a re-download of the installation and display detailed installation information:

$ xmake require -f -v tbox "1.5.x"

Pass additional setup information:

$ xmake require --extra="{debug=true,config={small=true}}" tbox

Install the debug package and pass the compilation configuration information of small=true to the package.

Uninstall the specified package

$ xmake require --uninstall tbox

This will completely uninstall and remove the package file.

Show package information

$ xmake require --info tbox

Search for packages in the current repository

$ xmake require --search tbox

This supports fuzzy search and Lua pattern matching search:

$ xmake require --search pcr

Will also search for pcre, pcre2, and other packages.

List the currently installed packages

$ xmake require --list