XPI-PACK(1)

📦 version 0.54.2, in debian bookworm, ubuntu jammy

💅 XPI-PACK(1) — the general commands manual, but make it cute

okay bestie, gather round, because this one is short and sweet and honestly iconic for it. we're in the General Commands Manual, section 1, and the star of the show is xpi-pack. yes, that's a real thing and yes, it's about to be your new fave. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

xpi-pack — pack a directory to a XPI file

like. that's it. that's the whole job description. one directory in, one XPI out. slay. 💖

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

xpi-pack <input_directory> <output_XPI_file>

two arguments, no drama, no flags, no chaos. we love a low-maintenance queen. 👑

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the tea, bestie: xpi-pack packs a directory to a XPI file. that's the main character move. ✨

but lowkey the important part — it takes in consideration the unpacked JAR files, the ones that get unpacked during the call of the xpi-unpack script, so that they can actually be distributed through the repositories. like, it's not just zipping a folder for funsies, it's doing it with intention. it's giving considerate. it's giving thoughtful. 🫶

and where does this lil cutie live? it's distributed as a part of the mozilla-devscripts package, and it gets automatically called during the build process of a Mozilla extension package — but only if that package includes the xpi.mk script in the debian/rules file. iykyk. so if you've got the right file in the right place, xpi-pack just shows up and does its thing, no invitation needed. main character energy fr fr. 💅

🌈 OPTIONS 🌈

  • None.

literally none. zero. not a single flag. she said "i don't need options, i need purpose." and honestly? respect. 🙈

🍓 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES 🍓

  • None.

nope, she doesn't read your env either. no hidden settings, no secret little variables. what you see is what you get, and what you get is perfection. ⭐

💜 EXAMPLE 💜

xpi-pack ubufox ubufox.xpi

okay so what's happening here: this packs the contents of the directory ubufox to file ubufox.xpi. directory goes in, XPI comes out, nobody gets hurt. it ate and left no crumbs. 🔥

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

  • xpi-unpack

her partner in crime. the one who unpacks, so that xpi-pack can pack it all back up again. a whole duo. a duo that understood the assignment. 🧚

💖 AUTHOR 💖

xpi-pack was written by Alexander Sack <asac@ubuntu.com> and Sasa Bodiroza <jazzva@gmail.com>, and this manual page was written by Sasa Bodiroza <jazzva@gmail.com>. two absolute legends, no cap. 🫶

both are released under the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later. so go forth, use it, share it, be free. 🌸

okay real talk for a sec: everything above is exactly what the page says, i just gave it a lil glow-up. don't come for me if you wanted dry prose, you knew what this was. 💀

and that's a wrap, bestie!! this page is from 13 August 2009 and it's part of the mozilla-devscripts package. go pack something. or unpack it. either way, you're doing amazing. mwah. 💋✨

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