Emacs-apt is a project providing apt-mode in order to facilitate tasks using apt-get and apt-cache.
Emacs-apt allows you to simply execute a key sequence over a package name and the respective apt-get or apt-cache command will be invoked, displaying and highlighting the output.
For example, you could do apt-search package. A buffer displaying the results of the search will be created. You will be able to position your point over an element and run an operation such as apt-get download on it with a single key sequence.
Actions that require root privileges start a shell.
Emacs users only need to load the files in the apt-mode directory by adding
the following to .emacs:
;; add apt-mode directory in load-path (push apt-mode-directory load-path) ;;
load apt-mode (require 'apt-mode) #+END_SRC
*** Spacemacs
The =apt= directory contains the spacemacs configuration layer. It can be added
in the =private= section of =emacs.d=. Note that the files in =apt-mode= only
need to be present in the load-path. They do not need to be loaded in
=.spacemacs=.
** Keybindings
The following default keybindings are provided in APT mode:
| Key | Function |
| q | quit-window |
| s | apt-mode-search |
| S | apt-mode-source |
| p | apt-mode-pkgnames |
| P | apt-mode-policy |
| h | apt-mode-showpkg |
| t | apt-mode-dotty |
| x | apt-mode-xvcg |
| c | apt-mode-change-log |
| d | apt-mode-depends |
| D | apt-mode-download |
| r | apt-mode-rdepends |
| m | apt-mode-madison |
** Commands
Users should define their own keybindings for unbound functions. Note that
apt-mode-* functions execute their actions on a symbol at point, while apt-*
functions ask the user for a string in the minibuffer.
*** apt-mode-* commands:
+ apt-mode-change-log
+ apt-mode-depends
+ apt-mode-dotty
+ apt-mode-download
+ apt-mode-install
+ apt-mode-madison
+ apt-mode-pkgnames
+ apt-mode-policy
+ apt-mode-purge
+ apt-mode-rdepends
+ apt-mode-remove
+ apt-mode-search
+ apt-mode-showpkg
+ apt-mode-source
+ apt-mode-xvcg
*** apt-* commands
+ apt-autoremove
+ apt-changelog
+ apt-depends
+ apt-dotty
+ apt-download
+ apt-dump
+ apt-dumpavail
+ apt-install
+ apt-madison
+ apt-pkgnames
+ apt-policy
+ apt-purge
+ apt-rdepends
+ apt-remove
+ apt-search
+ apt-showpkg
+ apt-showsrc
+ apt-source
+ apt-stats
+ apt-update
+ apt-upgrade
+ apt-xvcg