Emacs-apt

Description

Emacs-apt is a project providing apt-mode in order to facilitate tasks using apt-get and apt-cache.

Emacs-apt allows you to simply execute a key sequence over a package name and the respective apt-get or apt-cache command will be invoked, displaying and highlighting the output.

For example, you could do apt-search package. A buffer displaying the results of the search will be created. You will be able to position your point over an element and run an operation such as apt-get download on it with a single key sequence.

Actions that require root privileges start a shell.

Installation

Vanilla Emacs

Emacs users only need to load the files in the apt-mode directory by adding the following to .emacs:

  ;; add apt-mode directory in load-path (push apt-mode-directory load-path) ;;
  load apt-mode (require 'apt-mode) #+END_SRC
*** Spacemacs
The =apt= directory contains the spacemacs configuration layer. It can be added
in the =private= section of =emacs.d=. Note that the files in =apt-mode= only
need to be present in the load-path. They do not need to be loaded in
=.spacemacs=.
** Keybindings
The following default keybindings are provided in APT mode:
| Key | Function            |
| q   | quit-window         |
| s   | apt-mode-search     |
| S   | apt-mode-source     |
| p   | apt-mode-pkgnames   |
| P   | apt-mode-policy     |
| h   | apt-mode-showpkg    |
| t   | apt-mode-dotty      |
| x   | apt-mode-xvcg       |
| c   | apt-mode-change-log |
| d   | apt-mode-depends    |
| D   | apt-mode-download   |
| r   | apt-mode-rdepends   |
| m   | apt-mode-madison    |

** Commands
Users should define their own keybindings for unbound functions. Note that
apt-mode-* functions execute their actions on a symbol at point, while apt-*
functions ask the user for a string in the minibuffer.

*** apt-mode-* commands:
+ apt-mode-change-log
+ apt-mode-depends
+ apt-mode-dotty
+ apt-mode-download
+ apt-mode-install
+ apt-mode-madison
+ apt-mode-pkgnames
+ apt-mode-policy
+ apt-mode-purge
+ apt-mode-rdepends
+ apt-mode-remove
+ apt-mode-search
+ apt-mode-showpkg
+ apt-mode-source
+ apt-mode-xvcg
*** apt-* commands
+ apt-autoremove
+ apt-changelog 
+ apt-depends 
+ apt-dotty 
+ apt-download 
+ apt-dump 
+ apt-dumpavail 
+ apt-install
+ apt-madison
+ apt-pkgnames 
+ apt-policy 
+ apt-purge
+ apt-rdepends 
+ apt-remove
+ apt-search 
+ apt-showpkg 
+ apt-showsrc 
+ apt-source 
+ apt-stats 
+ apt-update
+ apt-upgrade
+ apt-xvcg