asdf

extendable version manager

I've built plugins to support the following languages:

• Ruby
• Erlang
• Elixir
• Node.js

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 '. $HOME/.asdf/asdf.sh' >> ~/.bashrc

# OR for Max OSX
echo '. $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 automake autoconf openssl libyaml readline ncurses libxslt libtool unixodbc
• Ubuntu: automake autoconf libreadline-dev libncurses-dev libssl-dev libyaml-dev libxslt-dev libffi-dev libtool unixodbc-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

List installed plugins

asdf plugin-list
# asdf plugin-list

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 which <name>
# asdf which erlang
# 17.3

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

If a plugin supports downloading & compiling from source, you can also do this ref:foo (replace foo with the branch/tag/commit). You'll have to use the same name when uninstalling too.

Lists installed versions

asdf list <name>
# asdf list erlang

List all available versions

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

The .tool-versions file

Add a .tool-versions file to your project dir and versions of those tools will be used. Global defaults can be set in the file $HOME/.tool-versions

This is what a .tool-versions file looks like:

ruby 2.2.0
nodejs 0.12.3

The versions can be in the following format:

• 0.12.3 - an actual version. Plugins that support downloading binaries, will download binaries.
• ref:v1.0.2-a or ref:39cb398vb39 - tag/commit/branch to download from github and compile
• path:/src/elixir - a path to custom compiled version of a tool to use. For use by language developers and such.

Credits

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

Copyright 2014 to the end of time

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