pkgb

Simpel bash script alternative to aptitude or synaptic. Inspired by fzf-apt.

Features

• Supports both fzf and skim
• Preview package info before installing
• Query what packages are already installed and what is known about them (for example: Where do all the files end up)
• Install / Uninstall directly from your own script
• Convenience functions for everyday package mangager related tasks

Depends on fzf or skim, bash, awk and coreutils.

This script will request root if required or sudo if installed on your system.

Usage

pkgb [-c] [-s] [-f] [-h] (add del export list purge upgrade checkout) [QUERY]

Where QUERY is a optional search string that will be given to the fuzzy searcher at the start.

If the action you choose doesn't need fzf this parameter will be ignored

Options

• -c: Will run autoremove after action
• -s: Safe execute. You have to confirm apt actions in a more traditional way.
• -f: Fast execute. Won't run apt-get update before action
• -h: Show help

Actions

NOTE: Depending on your package manager the more advanced features are not available

• add: Allows installing one or more packages from a list of available packages.
• del: Allows removing one or more packages from a list of installed packages.
• purge: Allows purging (completely remove) one or more packages from a list of installed packages.
• list: Will show you a list of installed packages on this system with additional information in the preview window
• export: Writes a list of all installed packages on this system to stdout.
• upgrade: Find, download and apply all availiable upgrades to your system packages
• checkout: Will show you a list of installed packages. After selecting a packgage you can checkout a specific path the package created on your system.

Examples

A few examples on how to use this script.

Browsing all availiable packages for install

pkb add

Installing zsh and confirm the installation

pkb -s add zsh

Completely remove snapd and confirm all actions

pkb -cs purge snapd

Search for python3 packages

pkb list python3-

Upgrade all packages and cleanup all obsolete packages

pkb -c upgrade