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There are some more options that can be tweaked, see them with
`./configure --help'.
`./configure --help`.
Good luck!

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## XBPS
The X Binary Package System (in short XBPS) is a binary package system **designed and implemented from scratch**. Its goal is to be fast, easy to use, bug-free, featureful and portable as much as possible.
The XBPS code is totally **compatible with POSIX/SUSv2/C99 standards**, and released with a **Simplified BSD license (2 clause)**. There is a well documented API provided by the XBPS Library that is the basis for its frontends to handle binary packages and repositories. Some highlights:
* Supports **multiple local and remote repositories** (HTTP/HTTPS/FTP).
* **RSA signed remote repositories** (NEW in 0.27).
* **SHA256 hashes** for package metadata, files and binary packages.
* Supports **package states** (ala dpkg) to mitigate broken package installs/updates.
* Ability to **resume** partial package install/updates.
* Ability to **unpack only files that have been modified** in package updates.
* Ability to use **virtual packages**.
* Ability to **check for incompatible shared libraries in reverse dependencies**.
* Ability to **replace packages**.
* Ability to **put packages on hold** (to never update them. NEW in 0.16).
* Ability to **preserve/update configuration files**.
* Ability to **force reinstallation** of any installed package.
* Ability to **downgrade any** installed package.
* Ability to **execute pre/post install/remove/update scriptlets**.
* Ability to **check package integrity**: missing files, hashes, missing or unresolved (reverse)dependencies, dangling or modified symlinks, etc.
* **Low memory** footprint.
* **Fast** dependency resolver and sorting algorithms.
### Getting source code
Starting with **0.26** there are not source tarballs anymore. **git** must be used to clone
the repository with the appropiate tag. The latest stable version can be fetched with:
$ git clone -b <version> git://github.com/xtraeme/xbps.git
See `git tag -l` to list all available stable releases.
### Build requirements
To build this you'll need:
- A C99 compiler (clang and gcc tested)
- [GNU make](http://www.gnu.org/software/make/)
- [pkg-config](http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/pkg-config/)
- [zlib](http://www.zlib.net)
- [openssl](http://www.openssl.org)
- [libarchive >= 2.8.0](http://www.libarchive.org)
and optionally:
- [graphviz](http://www.graphviz.org) and [doxygen](http://www.doxygen.org) (--enable-api-docs) to build API documentation.
- [atf >= 0.15](http://code.google.com/p/kyua) (--enable-tests) to build the Kyua test suite.
### Build instructions
Standard configure script (not generated by GNU autoconf).
```
./configure --prefix=/blah
make -jX
make install
```
By default PREFIX is set `/usr/local` and may be changed by setting `--prefix` in the
`configure` script. The `DESTDIR` variable is also supported at the install stage.
There are some more options that can be tweaked, see them with
`./configure --help'.
Good luck!