archivers/kapsul 0.0.0beta10p0 OpenBSD

manage .ptar archives

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System: OpenBSD
Repository: OpenBSD ports
Maintainer: Antoine Jacoutot <[email protected]>
Last update: 2026-08-22
Commit: a2755a2846
Categories: archivers, sysutils, lang/go

Description

Kapsul is a tool that allows you to run most plakar sub-commands directly on .ptar archives. It transparently mounts the archive as an in-memory, read-only Plakar repository, enabling inspection, restoration, and diffing operations without extracting the archive.

Features: Efficient access to .ptar archives Supports most plakar commands No persistent state or extraction required

Install

Binary package:

pkg_add kapsul

From the ports tree:

cd /usr/ports/archivers/kapsul && make install

Dependencies

Build dependencies 2

archivers/unzip
lang/go

No port depends on this one.

Commit history 1

Date Commit Credits Log message

2026-08-22 a2755a2846 ajacoutot Use a hammer to unbreak with upcoming go1.27.