Issues

• Support "undistributed" packages

  feature request
  gap-packages/PackageManager#155 · Filter by author mtorpey opened on Oct 2, 2026

• Better error when failing to download the list of packages

  gap-packages/PackageManager#150 · Filter by author fingolfin opened on May 7, 2026

• Can InstallPackage please accept a GitHub repo URL?

  feature request
  gap-packages/PackageManager#148 · Filter by author wilfwilson opened on Sep 8, 2025
  2

• Why is UpdatePackage not idempotent / why does it compile a package even though it is already up-to-date?

  question
  gap-packages/PackageManager#147 · Filter by author fingolfin opened on Sep 1, 2025
  2

• Protect against race conditions when used concurrently

  feature request
  gap-packages/PackageManager#138 · Filter by author fingolfin opened on Jan 29, 2025
  1

• Implement InstallDependencies

  feature request
  gap-packages/PackageManager#130 · Filter by author james-d-mitchell opened on Aug 27, 2024

• avoid downloads where possible

  2.0feature request
  gap-packages/PackageManager#127 · Filter by author ThomasBreuer opened on Jul 2, 2024
  3

• Change PKGMAN_Exec to not merge stdout and stderr

  feature request
  gap-packages/PackageManager#104 · Filter by author fingolfin opened on Nov 2, 2022

• Integrate PackageManager with the new package distro

  2.0feature request
  gap-packages/PackageManager#84 · Filter by author fingolfin opened on May 9, 2022
  2

• Can we install from DOI?

  feature request
  gap-packages/PackageManager#81 · Filter by author ChrisJefferson opened on Feb 21, 2022
  1

• When PackageManager is loaded, could LoadPackage give useful tips on failure?

  discussion
  gap-packages/PackageManager#69 · Filter by author wilfwilson opened on May 20, 2021
  2

• Allow automatic retrying of install package if network error occurs

  feature request
  gap-packages/PackageManager#61 · Filter by author james-d-mitchell opened on Nov 18, 2020

• Change PKGMAN_DownloadURL to download into a file

  feature request
  gap-packages/PackageManager#59 · Filter by author fingolfin opened on Nov 7, 2020
  1

• CompilePackage: option to compile dependencies

  2.0feature request
  gap-packages/PackageManager#58 · Filter by author mtorpey opened on Oct 21, 2020
  6

• What's the difference between InstallPackage and UpdatePackage, exactly?

  2.0question
  gap-packages/PackageManager#52 · Filter by author fingolfin opened on Apr 10, 2020
  2

• Add an "official" documented way to override the place where packages are installed

  2.0feature request
  gap-packages/PackageManager#51 · Filter by author fingolfin opened on Apr 10, 2020
  1

• Dry run option

  2.0feature request
  gap-packages/PackageManager#46 · Filter by author fingolfin opened on Jul 11, 2019
  3

• UpdateAllPackages

  2.0feature request
  gap-packages/PackageManager#45 · Filter by author mtorpey opened on May 9, 2019
  1

• Report installed package versions

  feature request
  gap-packages/PackageManager#30 · Filter by author olexandr-konovalov opened on Oct 3, 2018
  1