ckan mit Homebrew installieren

Projektlinks

• Homepage
• Repository

Befehle und Aliase

• ckan

Projektgeschichte

The official README defines CKAN as metadata and tools for finding, installing, and managing Kerbal Space Program mods, with dependency and conflict handling. The official specification presents it as an RFC for a standardized archive network for KSP mods.

The GitHub repository was created in 2014, and the release API shows public releases from the same year. The README says the project remains under active development.

Adoptionsgeschichte

The batch input records CKAN in Homebrew and Nix. Upstream also publishes GitHub releases and a NuGet package badge, while the README points players to the wiki user guide and modders to metadata contribution workflows.

Wie es verwendet wird

Players use CKAN to find, install, update, and manage KSP mods with compatibility, dependency, and conflict checks. Mod authors and metadata contributors use the CKAN metadata specification and schema to describe mod releases.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

CKAN is package-nerd significant because it transposes classic package-manager ideas into a game-mod ecosystem: detached JSON metadata, dependency constraints, conflict metadata, validation, indexes, and an authoritative metadata repository.

Zeitleiste

• 2014: Official GitHub repository created.
• 2014: Early GitHub release v1.3.3 published.
• 2014: CKAN specification describes Debian and CPAN as design inspirations.
• 2026: Official repository metadata shows continuing activity.

Related projects

• The CKAN specification cites CPAN metadata, Debian Policy, and KSP-RealSolarSystem-Bundler as design influences.
• The README distinguishes KSP-CKAN from the unrelated open-data portal software also named CKAN.

Quellen

• https://github.com/KSP-CKAN/CKAN/blob/master/README.md
• https://github.com/KSP-CKAN/CKAN/blob/master/Spec.md
• https://api.github.com/repos/KSP-CKAN/CKAN
• https://api.github.com/repos/KSP-CKAN/CKAN/releases