APT-NG -- the wrapper over APT written in Bash.
What can it do?
APT-NG supports short Zypper-like keys (e.g. apt-ng in package instead apt-ng install package). You can install, remove packages, search the package in repos and more. If the key specified is not recognised as an APT-NG key, APT is being run with that key.
What does APT-NG require?
APT-NG uses bash, apt, apt-get, dpkg. If you have an up-to-date Debian-based system you must have them.
How to use it?
| Key | Short key | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| install | is/in | Installs package(s) from repo |
| install-deb | id | Installs from DEB package |
| remove | rm | Removes package(s) |
| clean | cl | Removes 'orphans' and old DEB packages from cache |
| search | sr | Searches in repo |
| search-installed | si | Searches in installed packages |
| show/info | sh/if | Shows info about package |
| update | up | Updates cache |
| upgrade | ug | Upgrades system |
| version | vr | Shows version of Apt-ng (/usr/bin/apt-ng) |
| help | he | Shows help |
Source code
#!/bin/bash
# Apt-ng v0.1 -- the wrapper over APT
# License: GNU GPL v3
KEY=`echo "$1" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]'`
VERSION=0.1
ARGS="${@:2}"
help(){
echo "Apt-ng ($0) v$VERSION"
echo "===================================================="
cat <<EOF
Key | Short key | Sense
----------------:|-----------|:---------------------
install | is/in | Installs package(s) from repo
install-deb | id | Installs from DEB package
remove | rm | Removes package(s)
clean | cl | Removes 'orphans' and old DEB packages from cache
search | sr | Searches in repo
search-installed | si | Searches in installed packages
show/info | sh/if | Shows info about package
update | up | Updates cache
upgrade | ug | Upgrades system
version | vr | Shows version of Apt-ng (/usr/bin/apt-ng)
help | he | Shows help
EOF
}
case $KEY in
'install' | 'is' | 'in' ) sudo apt-get install $ARGS;;
'install-deb' | 'id' ) sudo dpkg -i $ARGS;;
'remove' | 'rm' ) sudo apt-get remove $ARGS 2>/dev/null;;
'clean' | 'cl' ) sudo apt-get autoremove; sudo apt-get clean;;
'search' | 'se' ) apt-cache search $ARGS;;
'search-installed' | 'si' ) apt-cache search $ARGS 2>/dev/null | grep '\[installed\]';;
'show' | 'info' | 'sh' | 'if' ) apt-cache show $ARGS;;
'update' | 'up' ) sudo apt-get update;;
'upgrade' | 'ug' )
if [[ $ARGS ]]; then
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade &&\
sudo apt-get install $ARGS
else
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
fi
;;
'dpkgcmd' | 'dc' ) sudo dpkg $ARGS;;
'aptcmd' | 'ac' ) sudo apt $ARGS;;
'version' | 've' ) echo $VERSION;;
'help' | 'he' ) help;;
'' ) echo "Error: no keys found"; help;;
* )
echo -e "Error: $0 $1 ($0 $KEY): not found, trying to execute apt with that key...\n===========================\n"
sudo apt $@ && echo -e '\n===========================\n\nSuccess!' ||\
echo -e "\n===========================\n\nError from apt received."
help;;
esac