Managing packages

Integration packages extend Plakar with connectors for cloud storage providers, databases, and other systems. This guide covers the full lifecycle of a package: installing, listing, upgrading, and removing.

Plakar ships intentionally clean with only base connectors such as the filesystem connector. Plakar can be extended using integrations such as S3, SFTP, PostgreSQL, or any other integration only when you need it, keeping the base install small and dependency-free.

Integrations are also versioned independently from Plakar itself, so you can pin a connector to a specific version or upgrade it without touching the rest of your setup.

To see which packages are currently installed:

$ plakar pkg list

Pre-built packages are hosted on Plakar’s infrastructure and require you to be logged in to download them. To log in:

$ plakar login

Once logged in, install a package by name from the official plugin registry (e.g. the S3 integration):

$ plakar pkg add s3

If you built the package from source or have a .ptar file on hand, pass the path directly:

$ plakar pkg add ./s3_v1.0.0_darwin_arm64.ptar

This does not require a Plakar account.

To upgrade to the latest available version, remove the existing package and reinstall it:

$ plakar pkg rm s3
$ plakar pkg add s3

Upgrading preserves existing store, source, and destination configurations.

$ plakar pkg rm s3