Manage Dependencies and Patch Components

This page explains how to manage the components of a package that outline the relationships with other packages and any internal configuration changes that can be applied as patches.

Manage dependencies

This section provides details on:

Add dependencies

Package dependencies outline the specific dependencies a package utilizes. For more detailed information, refer to package dependencies.

Add a new dependency to your package as follows:

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kxi package add --to mypkg dep --name mynewdep --version 1.0.0

To remove a dependency from your package, run the following command:

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kxi package rm --from mypkg dep --name mynewdep

Dependencies (Deps) fields

For more information on the package dependency fields, run the following command:

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kxi package field info PackageDependency

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 PackageDependency                                                                                                                
╭───────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────╮
│ field                         │ required                      │ type                   │ description                           │
├───────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ name                          │ False                         │ string                 │                                       │
│ version                       │ False                         │ string                 │                                       │
│ repo                          │ False                         │ string                 │                                       │
│ location                      │ False                         │ string                 │                                       │
│ path                          │ False                         │ string                 │                                       │
│ kxi                           │ False                         │ string                 │                                       │
╰───────────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────┴────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────────────╯
To get more info on a field use: `kxi package field info type` (only works with bold words)

Manage patch components

This section provides details on:

Add patch components

Patches are configuration snippets that directly modify the Package object. For more detailed information, refer to the package and overlays page.

Add a new patch to your package as follows:

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kxi package add --to my pkg patch --name my-cool-new-patch

To remove a patch from your package, run the following command:

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kxi package rm --from my pkg patch --name my-cool-new-patch

Patch fields

For more information on the patch fields, run the following command:

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kxi package field info Patch

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 Patch                                                                                                                            
╭──────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ field                    │ required                       │ type                     │ description                             │
├──────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ path                     │ True                           │ string                   │                                         │
│ target                   │ False                          │ dict                     │                                         │
╰──────────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────╯
To get more info on a field use: `kxi package field info type` (only works with bold words)

Next steps

Learn how to pack a package in kdb Insights Enterprise.