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If you already know the general facts about the xPack GNU realpath, you can directly skip to the desired pages.
User pages:
Developer & maintainer pages:
Overview
The xPack GNU realpath is a cross-platform binary distribution of the GNU realpath, which is part of GNU coreutils project, an open source project hosted on GNU.
Benefits
The main advantages of using the xPack GNU realpath are:
- a convenient, uniform and portable install/uninstall/upgrade procedure
- a better integration with development environments
- a more convenient integration with CI environment
All binaries are self-contained, they include all required libraries, and can be installed in any location.
Compatibility
The xPack GNU realpath is fully compatible with the original GNU realpath distribution.
Install
The details of installing the xPack GNU realpath on various platforms are presented in the separate install page.
Documentation
The current version specific GNU realpath documentation is available online from:
Support
For the various support options, please read the separate support page.
Change log
The release and change log is available in the repository
CHANGELOG.md file.
Build details
For those interested in building the binaries, please read the
README-MAINTAINER
page.
However, the ultimate source for details are the build scripts themselves,
all available from the
realpath-xpack.git/scripts
folder.
Releases
See the releases pages.