pak

a package manager detector and adapter

Why?

I wanted my dotfiles to have an install script that supported all the platforms I actively use (brew via macOS, APT on Ubuntu, Debian, and Termux on Android).

So... literally because I'm lazy.

And I wanted a DRY(-er?) install script I guess.

Supported Package Managers

• Homebrew (and Linuxbrew)
• APT (Debian and Debian-like distros)
• Sudo-less APT (Termux)

I'm also planning to include CentOS and [btw I use] Arch in future releases.

In the mean time, tell me what you want!

Install

curl -o pak https://raw.githubusercontent.com/b-ggs/pak/master/pak ; chmod +x pak

Usage

• Print the current system's package manager

# macOS via Homebrew
$ pak brew
brew

# Ubuntu
$ pak
apt-get

• Print the install command for the system's package manager

# macOS via Homebrew
$ pak install
brew install

# Ubuntu
$ pak install
sudo apt-get install -y

• Install packages with the system's package manager

# macOS via Homebrew
$ pak install vim
[pak] Attempting to install 'vim' via 'brew'...
[brew]
===> Installing 1 package
...
🍺 /usr/local/Cellar/vim/8.1.0300

# Ubuntu
$ pak install zsh
[pak] Attempting to install 'zsh' via 'apt-get'...
[apt-get]
Reading package lists... Done
...
Unpacking zsh (5.4.2-3ubuntu3) ...
Setting up zsh (5.4.2-3ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.3-2) ...

• Get help!

$ pak --help
pak 0.0.1

a package manager detector and adapter

https://github.com/b-ggs/pak

- Print the current system's package manager
...

Limitations

This does not take into account differences in package names across the different package managers it supports. (e.g. silversearcher-ag on APT and the_silver_searcher on brew)