Shellcode Mechanics and User Manual

pkgx Shellcode

The pkgx shellcode is not integrated by default, first study the shellcode by dumping to your terminal:

pkgx --shellcode

As you can see the shellcode is a handful of shell functions to achieve the following:

• a handler for env +pkg

  • our handler uses pkgx primitives to install and inject the requested pkgs into the shell session

• a command not found handler

  • to suggest x invocations for commands we support

• Some _ support prefixed functions for the above

• We add ~/.local/bin to your PATH

  • we configure packages that install things themselves to install things there

• a change directory hook so dev environments can be activated and deactivated automatically when you change directories

Integrating the Shellcode

First dry run the integration:

pkgx integrate --dry-run

Then integrate:

eval "$(pkgx integrate)"

Deintegrating the Shellcode

If at any point you want to deintegrate the pkgx shellcode type:

pkgx deintegrate

Dive Deeper

Shellcode Mechanics and User Manual