asdf

extendable version manager

I've built plugins to support the following languages:

• Ruby
• Erlang
• Elixir

There is a super-simple API for supporting more languages.

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SETUP

Copy-paste the following into command line:

git clone https://github.com/HashNuke/asdf.git ~/.asdf

Depending on your OS, run the following

# For Ubuntu or other linux distros
echo 'source $HOME/.asdf/asdf.sh' >> ~/.bashrc

# OR for Max OSX
echo 'source $HOME/.asdf/asdf.sh' >> ~/.bash_profile

If you use zsh or any other shell, replace .bashrc with the config file for the respective shell.

For most plugins, it is good if you have installed the following packages OR their equivalent on you OS

• OS X: Install these via homebrew openssl libyaml readline ncurses libxslt
• Ubuntu: libreadline-dev libncurses-dev libssl-dev libyaml-dev libxslt-dev

That's all ~! You are ready to use asdf

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USAGE

Manage plugins

Plugins are how asdf understands how to handle different packages.

Add a plugin

asdf plugin-add <name> <git-url>
# asdf plugin-add erlang https://github.com/HashNuke/asdf-erlang.git

Remove a plugin

asdf plugin-remove <name>
# asdf plugin-remove erlang

Update plugins

asdf plugin-update --all

If you want to update a specific package, just say so.

asdf plugin-update <name>
# asdf plugin-update erlang

Manage versions

asdf install <name> <version>
# asdf install erlang 17.3

asdf uninstall <name> <version>
# asdf uninstall erlang 17.3

Lists installed versions

asdf list <name>
# asdf list erlang

List all available versions

asdf list-all <name>
# asdf list-all erlang

Use a specific version of a package

asdf use <name> <version>
# asdf use erlang 17.5

This will set the requested version of the package for the current terminal session.

The .tool-versions file

Add a .tool-versions file to your project dir and versions of those packages will be used.

elixir 1.0.2
erlang 17.3

Credits

Me (@HashNuke), High-fever, cold, cough.

Copyright 2014 to the end of time

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Read the ballad.