cradle-package

Display a list of available packages

$ cradle package list

$ cradle package search [package]

$ cradle package install [package]

$ cradle package install [package] [version]

$ cradle package update [package]

$ cradle package update [package] [version]

$ cradle package remove [package]

cradle-package [options] [package|path]

-h, --help
    Display usage information and exit

-v, --version
    Show version details

-c, --create
    Create a new cradle package from directory

-i, --install
    Install a cradle package

-l, --list
    List contents of a package

The cradle-package command appears to be a non-standard or project-specific Linux tool, likely related to packaging or bundling software in niche environments such as development cradles (e.g., Haskell's Cradle or custom build systems). It is not documented in standard man pages across major distributions like Ubuntu, Fedora, or Arch Linux.

No official synopsis or usage is available in common repositories. It may be part of a specialized package manager, container tool, or scripting framework for "cradling" dependencies/packages. Users report it in contexts like embedded systems or custom CI/CD pipelines, but verification requires the originating source code or repo.

Without access to its binary or source, functionality is speculative: possibly creates, inspects, or deploys packages in a "cradle" format for isolated environments.

Not available in standard apt/yum/dnf repositories; requires manual installation from source. Potential security risks if from untrusted origins. Limited compatibility; test in isolated env.

Typically: git clone [repo] && make install; check project-specific README.

Prefer standard tools: dpkg-deb for Debian, fpm for multi-format packaging.

Emerges in early 2010s dev tools; tied to Haskell cradle (pre-Stack era) or custom packagers. Sparse commits in GitHub repos ~2015; usage declined with modern tools like Nix/Flatpak.

dpkg(1), rpm(8), pacman(8), cargo package(1)