I have released the MiKTeX 2.5 Beta 1 source code (see announcement). The package includes the command-line version of the package manager.

This is not a release for Windows operating systems. The source code is meant to be compiled on GNU systems.

There are tons of mb waiting in the upload queue. The package repository refresh will happen during the next week. (I am currently waiting for a broadband connection to be installed.)

MPM (MiKTeX Package Manager) was originally intended to be a tool for MiKTeX/Windows users.  But the program can be helpful for users of other TeX systems too, because many of the MiKTeX packages are system-independent. More...

I am looking for volunteers to help building/testing the package manager on Un*x systems. The job description is here:

http://sourceforge.net/people/viewjob.php?group_id=10783&job_id=22872

I have released a snapshot of the current MiKTeX 2.5 source tree:

http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/miktex/miktex-2.5.2045-snapshot.tar.gz?download

The source tree can be used to build the package manager (MPM) for Un*x systems. The prerequisites are:

• ANSI-compliant C++ compiler (e.g, g++ 3.x)
• CURL libraries