ns247 / boxparts

Simple package manager

Box Parts - A Simple Package Manager

Box Parts is a package manager for your Codio Boxes. It provides a simple command line for installing a selection of curated binaries. This means installing a package is extremely fast.

Box Parts is used by Codio to provide user-installed binary packages for every Codio project and is pre-installed on every Codio Box. Normal usage of Box Parts is described here https://codio.com/docs/boxes/installsw/box-parts

Developing your own Box Parts

To configure your Codio Box for Box Part development, please follow these steps

1. Fork this repo into your own account : https://github.com/codio/boxparts
2. If you have not done this already, ensure you have uploaded your Codio public key to GitHub so you have GitHub SSH access from your Codio Boxes. This done from the 'Codio->Account' menu and is explained here.
3. Create a new Codio project and select the Git tab. Paste in the SSH url of your forked repo.
4. Once you are in the Codio IDE, select 'Tools->Guides->Play Guide' from the menu and follow the instructions from there.