Packaging tools unification

[Paul Sladen]

On Thu, 19 May 2005, MadMan2k wrote:
> the syntax could look like that:
> apt search <package>  ; apt install <package>  ; apt reconfigure <package>

Excellent idea---will the following script do you for starters?  Given the
response to the 'bazaar-ng' interface, I really like the idea of something
that people *want* to use:

  http://www.paul.sladen.org/ubuntu/apt/apt (3kB)

$ apt help
Usage:  apt [-h|--help] <action> [package|pattern|.deb]
apt-foo and dpkg wrapper to make life *really* baz-esq simple.

Options:
        -h, --help              this help
Actions:
        build                   fakeroot apt-get -b source <package>
        build-dep               sudo apt-get build-dep <packages...>
        clean                   sudo apt-get clean
        dist-upgrade            sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
        install                 sudo apt-get install <packages...>
                                sudo dpkg -i <package.deb>
        purge                   sudo apt-get --purge remove <packages...>
        remove                  sudo apt-get remove <packages...>
        source                  apt-get source
        update                  sudo apt-get update
        upgrade                 sudo apt-get upgrade

        search                  apt-cache search <match>
        show                    apt-cache show <package>
        showpackage|showpkg     apt-cache showpkg <package>
        statistics|stats        apt-cache stats

        reconfigure             sudo dpkg-reconfigure <package>

        find|which              dpkg -S <pattern>
        list                    dpkg -l <pattern>
        listfiles               dpkg -L <package>
        status                  dpkg -s <package>

        select                  sudo dselect | sudo synaptic

        archives                grep '^deb ' /etc/apt/sources.list
        enable                  <main|restricted|universe|multiverse>
        info                    apt-cache show <package> | grep -E '^(Description:)? '
        setup                   sudo apt-setup

For bonus points, it even knows what needs running with 'sudo', what with
'fakeroot' and what is unprivileged!  Eg.

  apt enable universe
  apt update
  apt search 'Wingdows Viruses'
  apt info xbill
  apt install xbill
  apt which bin/xbill
  apt purge xbill
  apt clean

Would 'ubu' be a better name?  Über Brilliant Utilty?  And would you be
interested in having something like this promoted in Ubuntu?

	-Paul
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