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TinyPM - Getting Started

Installation

How to install TinyPM on your Linux system.

4 min readLast updated: March 2026

Prerequisites

TinyPM V3 requires a Linux system with a native package manager and optionally Flatpak and/or Snap for additional backend support.

Supported native package managers:

  • apt - Debian/Ubuntu
  • dnf - Fedora
  • pacman - Arch
  • nix - NixOS (Abora)
  • xbps, zypper, apk, emerge, brew - and others

You will also need git and bash.

Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/AnimatedGTVR/abora-os.git
cd abora-os

Install TinyPM

# Make scripts executable
chmod +x tinypm syspm grab

# Create symlinks
mkdir -p ~/.local/bin
ln -sf "$PWD/tinypm" ~/.local/bin/tinypm
ln -sf "$PWD/syspm" ~/.local/bin/syspm
ln -sf "$PWD/grab" ~/.local/bin/grab

Add to Your PATH

export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
hash -r

Verify Installation

Test the installation:

tinypm --version

This shows TinyPM version, available backends and their versions, and system information.

Updating TinyPM

Since TinyPM is installed from git, updating is simple:

cd path/to/tinypm
git pull

Your symlinks will automatically point to the updated scripts.

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