Shelic

Shelic installs Relic packages from a shell. Shelic is very simple and doesn't download packages like Relic does; it merely works its way through an already-downloaded package's build.txt file and issues the same commands that Relic would to compile and install the package.

Note: Not all Relic commands are currently supported. Simple projects seem to build fine.

Requirements

Shelic requires an IBM i with PASE installed.

Installation

Just copy file shelic to a location in the IFS on your IBM i, and make sure it has execute privileges (it likely will).

Usage

From a shell prompt:

$ cd some/package/directory
$ /path/to/shelic library_name

From a 5250 command line:

===> qsh
$ cd some/package/directory
$ /path/to/shelic library_name

or

===> qsh cmd('cd some/package/directory && /path/to/shelic library_name')

Why do I want this?

You probably don't, unless you're an IBM i software developer with very specific needs, or a tinkerer who doesn't want to install Relic for some reason.

I wrote Shelic because I'm releasing software that includes some third-party code as a submodule to my own project. The third-party code uses Relic to install, and I didn't want to require my users to install Relic just to use my stuff.

Supported Relic variables

Currently, these build file variables are supported: &DIR, &INTOLIB, and &NAME.