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Downloads:

347

Downloads of v 0.5.3:

23

Last Update:

04 Sep 2024

Package Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • Han Li & vfox Contributors

Tags:

nodejs cli golang sdk oss plugin-manager tools lua powershell asdf cmd version-manager development-tools foss

Version Fox

This is not the latest version of Version Fox available.

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0.5.3 | Updated: 04 Sep 2024

Downloads:

347

Downloads of v 0.5.3:

23

Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • Han Li & vfox Contributors

Version Fox 0.5.3

This is not the latest version of Version Fox available.

Legal Disclaimer: Neither this package nor Chocolatey Software, Inc. are affiliated with or endorsed by Han Li & vfox Contributors. The inclusion of Han Li & vfox Contributors trademark(s), if any, upon this webpage is solely to identify Han Li & vfox Contributors goods or services and not for commercial purposes.

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Deployment Method: Individual Install, Upgrade, & Uninstall

To install Version Fox, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To upgrade Version Fox, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To uninstall Version Fox, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

Deployment Method:

NOTE

This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.

1. Enter Your Internal Repository Url

(this should look similar to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/)


2. Setup Your Environment

1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment

Please see the organizational deployment guide

2. Get the package into your environment

  • Open Source or Commercial:
    • Proxy Repository - Create a proxy nuget repository on Nexus, Artifactory Pro, or a proxy Chocolatey repository on ProGet. Point your upstream to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/. Packages cache on first access automatically. Make sure your choco clients are using your proxy repository as a source and NOT the default community repository. See source command for more information.
    • You can also just download the package and push it to a repository Download

3. Copy Your Script

choco upgrade vfox -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" --version="'0.5.3'" [other options]

See options you can pass to upgrade.

See best practices for scripting.

Add this to a PowerShell script or use a Batch script with tools and in places where you are calling directly to Chocolatey. If you are integrating, keep in mind enhanced exit codes.

If you do use a PowerShell script, use the following to ensure bad exit codes are shown as failures:


choco upgrade vfox -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" --version="'0.5.3'" 
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE

Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
  Exit 0
}

Exit $exitCode

- name: Install vfox
  win_chocolatey:
    name: vfox
    version: '0.5.3'
    source: INTERNAL REPO URL
    state: present

See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.


chocolatey_package 'vfox' do
  action    :install
  source   'INTERNAL REPO URL'
  version  '0.5.3'
end

See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.


cChocoPackageInstaller vfox
{
    Name     = "vfox"
    Version  = "0.5.3"
    Source   = "INTERNAL REPO URL"
}

Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.


package { 'vfox':
  ensure   => '0.5.3',
  provider => 'chocolatey',
  source   => 'INTERNAL REPO URL',
}

Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.


4. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation

See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.

NOTE

This package is likely a meta/virtual (*) or an installer (*.install) or portable (*.portable) application package.

  • Meta/virtual (*) - has a dependency on the *.install or the *.portable package - it is provided for discoverability and for other packages to take a dependency on.
  • Portable (*.portable/*.commandline (deprecated naming convention)/*.tool (deprecated naming convention)) - usually zips or archives that require no administrative access to install.
  • Install (*.install/*.app (deprecated naming convention)) - uses native installers, usually requires administrative access to install.

Learn more about chocolatey's distinction of installed versus portable apps and/or learn about this kind of package.

Package Approved

This package was approved as a trusted package on 07 Sep 2024.

Description

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If you switch between development projects which expect different environments, specifically different runtime versions or ambient libraries,
or you are tired of all kinds of cumbersome environment configurations, vfox is the ideal choice for you.

Introduction

vfox is a cross-platform version manager(similar to nvm, fvm, sdkman, asdf-vm, etc.), extendable via plugins. It allows you to quickly install
and switch between different environment you need via the command line.

Why use vfox?

  • cross-platform support (Windows, Linux, macOS)
  • consistent commands to manage all your languages
  • supports different versions for different projects, different shells, and globally.
  • simple plugin system to add support for your runtime of choice
  • automatically switches runtime versions as you traverse your project
  • support for existing config files .node-version, .nvmrc, .sdkmanrc for easy migration
  • shell completion available for common shells (Bash, ZSH, Powershell, Clink)
  • it's faster than asdf-vm, and offers more simple commands and genuine cross-platform unification.
    see Comparison with asdf

Demo

asciicast

Quickstart

> For detailed installation instructions, see Quick Start

1. Choose an installation that works for you.

2. ⚠️ Hook vfox into your shell (pick one that works for your shell) ⚠️


# For PowerShell:
# 1. Open PowerShell Profile:
New-Item -Type File -Path $PROFILE # Just ignore the 'file already exists' error.
Invoke-Item $PROFILE
# 2. Add the following line to the end of your $PROFILE and save:
Invoke-Expression "$(vfox activate pwsh)"

# For Clink:
# 1. Install clink: https://github.com/chrisant996/clink/releases
#    Or Install cmder: https://github.com/cmderdev/cmder/releases
# 2. Find script path: clink info | findstr scripts
# 3. copy internal/shell/clink_vfox.lua to script path

> Remember to restart your shell to apply the changes.

3. Add an SDK plugin

$ vfox add nodejs

4. Install a runtime

$ vfox install [email protected]

5. Switch runtime

$ vfox use [email protected]
$ node -v
21.5.0

Full Documentation

See vfox.lhan.me for full documentation.

Available Plugins

> If you have installed vfox, you can view all available plugins with the vfox available command.

For more details, see the Available Plugins.

Thanks

> Thanks JetBrains for the free open source license. :)

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Add to Builder Version Downloads Last Updated Status
Version Fox 0.5.3 23 Wednesday, September 4, 2024 Approved
Version Fox 0.5.2 19 Sunday, September 1, 2024 Approved
Version Fox 0.5.1 15 Monday, August 26, 2024 Approved
Version Fox 0.5.0 14 Monday, August 26, 2024 Approved
Version Fox 0.4.2 13 Wednesday, August 21, 2024 Approved
Version Fox 0.4.1 18 Friday, August 16, 2024 Approved
Version Fox 0.4.0 15 Monday, August 12, 2024 Approved
Version Fox 0.3.4 17 Saturday, August 10, 2024 Approved
Version Fox 0.3.2 21 Wednesday, August 7, 2024 Approved
Version Fox 0.3.1 29 Monday, July 22, 2024 Approved
Version Fox 0.3.0 18 Saturday, July 20, 2024 Approved
Version Fox 0.2.6 18 Tuesday, July 16, 2024 Approved
Version Fox 0.2.4 12 Monday, July 15, 2024 Approved
Version Fox 0.2.3 15 Friday, July 12, 2024 Approved
Version Fox 0.2.2 11 Monday, July 8, 2024 Approved
Version Fox 0.2.1 15 Wednesday, July 3, 2024 Approved
Version Fox 0.2.0 13 Friday, June 28, 2024 Approved
Version Fox 0.1.1 16 Tuesday, June 25, 2024 Approved
Version Fox 0.1.0 30 Friday, June 14, 2024 Approved

Changelog

Fixed a regression introduced in 0.5.0 that prevented some SDK's from being used on Windows, e.g. Flutter, Java.

What's Changed

  • perf: upgrade vfox use http proxy by @jan-bar in https://github.com/version-fox/vfox/pull/274

  • perf: no changes, no need to refresh environment by @aooohan in 7c30b1c806cf10deb4f189af5e0a825ab8bdebe5

  • fix: link to the sdk installation directory instead of the bin directory by @aooohan in d3f42def966185671e136e07872d95f81d0eb1a4

Full Changelog: https://github.com/version-fox/vfox/compare/v0.5.2...v0.5.3

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