Package: rapid-spring
RequirementsPython (tested on 2.6.2 and 2.6.4)python-bitarray(pip install bitarray)InstallationLinuxYou can usepipto get the package from thePython Package
Index.pip install rapid-spring --upgradeNote: on some Linux distributions the script is called pip-python
instead of just pip. The python-devel or python-dev package may be
required to install bitarray.If you do not have the scriptpipavailable then use your
distribution’s package manager to install the python-pip (or similar)
package.apt-get install python-pip   # Debian/Ubuntu
yum install python-pip       # FedoraWindowsAs there is currently no binary package, go through the following steps
to run rapid on Windows:Download and installpython
2.6Download and installsetuptools(for
python 2.6!)Suppose you installed python inc:\python26, make sure the PATH
environment variable containsc:\python26andc:\python26\scriptsOpen a console and runeasy_install-Urapid-springRapid is now installed! Continue reading to learn how to use rapid
:-)Why python 2.6? Simple answer: bitarray binary packages are not
available yet for python 2.7Usagerapid [options...] <verb>  [arguments...]Where the different verbs and their arguments are:upgrade: Install the latest package for all pinned tags.clean-upgrade: Equivalent to ‘upgrade’ followed by
‘uninstall-unpinned’.pin <tag(s)>: Pins tags and installs the latest packages for
those tags.unpin <tag(s)>: Unpins tags. Does not uninstall any packages.install <package(s)>: Install packages. Does not pin any tags.uninstall <package(s)>: Uninstall packages. Unpins their tags if
any.list-tags[tag]: List all tags that matchtag.list-pinned-tags[tag]: Idem, but only pinned tags.list-packages[package]: List all packages whose name containspackage.list-installed-packages[package]: Idem, but only installed
packages.uninstall-unpinned: Keep only the pinned tags and all
dependencies.collect-pool: Remove pool files not needed by any installed
package.make-sdd<tag|package> <dir>: Extract pool files of a package
into~/.spring/mods/<dir>.Examples:rapid pin xta:latest   # installs latest XTA
rapid pin s44:latest   # installs latest Spring: 1944
rapid upgrade          # upgrade all pinned tagsOther commands are for power users mostly, e.g.:rapid list-tags '^(?!ba).*:(latest|stable|test)$' --regexThis displays all tags ending with ‘:latest’, ‘:stable’ or ‘:test’,
which do not start with the string ‘ba’.Options:-h, –help show this help message and exit–datadir=DATADIR Override the default data directory. (~/.spring on
Linux or the one reported by unitsync on Windows)–unitsync Use unitsync to locate the data directory Spring uses.–no-unitsync Do not use unitsync.-r, –regex Use regular expressions instead of substring matches for
pin, unpin, install, uninstall and all list-* commands.-y, –yes Answer all confirmations with yes. MAY BE DANGEROUS!Bugs/quirks~/.spring/packagesisn’t scanned. This means that packages which
have been installed using a different tool (e.g.
SpringDownloader.exe) and were removed from the server (I don’t think
that ever happens now) before rapid was ever started, will not be
picked up by rapid. As such, they can not be uninstalled, don’t
appear in listings, and collect-gc may even break them by removing
their pool files.unitsync is noisy on standard output. This should be fixed in
unitsync however, and not worked around in rapid.unitsync insists on scanning all maps and mods while we only want to
know the location of the data directory. This should also be fixed in
unitsync.Please file any other bugs you find onthe issue
tracker.Feature suggestionsmake-sdz command (similar to make-sdd) could be usefulImprove the GUI (rapid-gui)Add GUI progressbar, even for the commandline script (may be useful
when integrating it in another app)Machine friendly progressbar, so other apps can parse it and render
their own progressbarExported from git commitf7b4588 (HEAD, v0.6.0,
master)