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`pacapt` - An `ArchLinux`'s pacman-like wrapper for many package managers

pacapt is a 56KB shell wrapper for many package managers. Simply install package with pacapt -S htop or pacapt install htop on any Linux, BSD, OpenWrt or Mac OS machines. It supports the following package managers:

pacman from Arch Linux-based systems, ArchBang, Manjaro, etc.
apt-cyg from Cygwin (via apt-cyg)
apt-get from Debian, Ubuntu, etc.
homebrew from Mac OS X
macports from Mac OS X
yum/rpm from Redhat, CentOS, Fedora, Oracle Linux, etc.
portage from Gentoo
zypper from OpenSUSE
pkgng from FreeBSD
cave from Exherbo Linux
pkg_tools from OpenBSD
sun_tools from Solaris(SunOS)
apk from Alpine Linux
opkg from OpenWrt
tazpkg from SliTaz Linux
swupd from Clear Linux
xbps from Void Linux
tlmgr from TeX Live
conda from Conda

Installation

This script shouldn't be installed on an Arch-based system. On cave-based system, bash is required.

Install the stable script from Github

You can download the stable script and make it executable. On non-Arch-based system, you may use pacman as script name instead of pacapt.

$ sudo wget -O /usr/local/bin/pacapt https://github.com/icy/pacapt/raw/ng/pacapt
$ sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/pacapt
$ sudo ln -sv /usr/local/bin/pacapt /usr/local/bin/pacman || true

If you have curl and want some interesting output:

# WARNING: Don't do this on Arch-based system!
$ curl -Lo /usr/bin/pacman https://github.com/icy/pacapt/raw/ng/pacapt
$ chmod 755 /usr/bin/pacman

For non-system package manager, you need to create symbolic links

$ ln -s /usr/local/bin/pacapt /usr/local/bin/pacapt-tlmgr
$ ln -s /usr/local/bin/pacapt /usr/local/bin/pacapt-conda

You can also use shorter links:

$ ln -s /usr/local/bin/pacapt /usr/local/bin/p-tlmgr
$ ln -s /usr/local/bin/pacapt /usr/local/bin/p-conda

noting the suffix (e.g., -tlmgr, -conda) is mandatory.

Usage

Basic operations

For system package manager

Update package database: pacapt -Sy, or pacapt update
Install a package: pacapt -S foo, or pacapt install foo
Search a package: pacapt -Ss foo, or pacapt search foo
Remove a package: pacapt -R foo, or pacapt remove foo
Upgrade system: pacapt -Su, or pacapt upgrade
Remove orphans: pacapt -Sc, or pacapt autoremove foo
Clean up: pacapt -Scc or pacapt -Sccc, or pacapt clean

For non-system package manager: Similar as above, however you need to call correct script name, e.g.,

Install a Conda package: pacapt-conda -S foo
Remove a Conda package: pacapt-conda -R foo

Basic options

Some basic command line options

-h (--help): Print help message;
-P: Print list of supported operations;
-V: Print script version

Some popular options of the original ArchLinux's pacman program are supported and listed in the table in the next section.

A long list of options and operations can be found from ArchLinux's wiki.

Implemented operations

           Q Qc Qe Qi Qk Ql Qm Qo Qp Qs Qu R Rn Rns Rs S Sc Scc Sccc Sg Si Sii Sl Ss Su Suy Sy U
      apk  ~     *  *     *     *     *  * *  *   *  * *  *   *    *     *   *  *  *  *   *  * *
  apt_cyg  *        *     *                *           *                           *         *
     cave  *        *     *     *  *  *  * *  *   *  * *  *   *    x     *         *  *   *  * x
    conda  *                    *          *           *  *              *         *      *
      dnf  ~  *  *  *     *  *  *  *  *  * *           *  *   *    *  *  *   *  *  *  *   *  * *
     dpkg  ~  *  *  *  *  *     *  *  *  * *  *   *  ~ *  *   *    *  *  *   *     *  *   *  * *
 homebrew  *  *     *     *           *  * *           *  *   *    *     *         *  *   *  *
 macports     *           *     *        * *         ~ *  *   *          *         *  *   *  *
     opkg  *        *     *     *     *  * *           *                 *   *     *  *      * *
    pkgng  *        *     *     *  *     * *         * *  *   *          *         *  *   *  *
pkg_tools  ~        *     *     *  *     * *  *   *  ~ *  *   x          *      *  ~  *   *  x
  portage  *  *     *     *     *        * *         * *  *   *    *     *         *  *   *  *
sun_tools  *        *     *     *     *    *                                                   *
    swupd  *        *  *        *     *    *           *  *   *                    *  *   *  *
   tazpkg  *        *     *     *          *           *  *   *                    *  *   *  * *
    tlmgr           *  *  *                *           *                 *      *  *      *    *
     xbps  *     *  *     *     *     *    *           *      *                    *  *   *  *
      yum  *  *  *  *     *  *  *  *  *  * *         * *  *   *    *  *  *   *     *  *   *  * *
   zypper  *  *     *     *  *  *  *  *  * *  *   *  * *  *   *    *  *  *   *  *  *  *   *  * *

Notes:

*: Implemented;
~: Implemented. Some options may not supported/implemented;
x: Operation is not supported by Operating system;
The table is generated from source. Please don't update it manually.

Related projects

batch-pacapt: An Arch's pacman-like package manager for Windows
node-pacapt: A node.js wrapper of pacapt + batch-pacapt
pacapt's nd branch: A rewrite in Dlang, now deprecated.
pacapt-py: A proof of concept in Python to provide pacapt-like experience to Homebrew.
pacapt-go: A more complete rewrite in Go, now lives in the go-dev branch of pacaptr as legacy code.

Similar projects

sysget is a front-end for every package manager, written in C++. It provides some basic features to manipulate packages on your system.
pacaptr was originally started as a Rust port of this project (pacapt) (See also #126), now it's growing with their own new features and support.

Development

General steps

Make sure you read some instructions in CONTRIBUTING.md.

A development script can be compiled from the source code.

$ git clone https://github.com/icy/pacapt.git
$ cd pacapt

# switch to development branch
$ git checkout ng

# compile the script
$ ./bin/compile.sh > pacapt.dev

# check if syntax is good
$ bash -n pacapt.dev

$ sudo install -m755 ./pacapt.dev /usr/local/bin/pacapt

Please read the sample Makefile for some details.

License

This work is released under the terms of Fair license (http://opensource.org/licenses/fair).

AUTHORS. CONTRIBUTORS

Many people have contributed to the project by sending pull requests and/or reporting on the ticket system. Here is an incomplete list of authors and contributors.

10sr (@10sr)
Alexander Dupuy (@dupuy)
Anh K. Huynh (@icy)
Antony Lee (@anntzer)
Alex Lyon (@Arcterus)
Álvaro Mondéjar (@mondeja)
Carl X. Su (@bcbcarl)
Cuong Manh Le (@Gnouc)
Daniel YC Lin (@dlintw)
Danny George (@dangets)
Darshit Shah (@darnir)
Dmitry Kudriavtsev (@dkudriavtsev)
Eric Crosson (@EricCrosson)
Evan Relf (@evanrelf)
GijsTimmers (@GijsTimmers)
Hà-Dương Nguyễn (@cmpitg)
Huy Ngô (@NgoHuy)
James Pearson (@xiongchiamiov)
Janne Heß (@dasJ)
Jiawei Zhou (@4679)
Karol Blazewicz
Kevin Brubeck (@unhammer)
Konrad Borowski (@xfix)
Kylie McClain (@somasis)
Gen Li (@Rami3L)
Valerio Pizzi (@Pival81)
Siôn Le Roux (@sinisterstuf)
Tabulate (@TabulateJarl8)
Thiago Perrotta (@thiagowfx)
Vojtech Letal (@letalvoj)

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pacapt - An ArchLinux's pacman-like wrapper for many package managers

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