yu - a package manager wrapper for all unix-like systems

yu allows users to use the same command to install, uninstall, and upgrade packages on all unix-like systems.

Supported package managers

Native

• apt
• dnf
• pacman
• yum
• homebrew
• zypper
• portage
• apk

Sandbox / Snapshot

• flatpak
• snap
• nix
• guix

Domain-Specific

• conda (Anaconda)
  • pixi (Pixi)
• spack (Scientific computing)

Language-Specific

• cargo (Rust)
• npm (Node.js)
  • pnpm (Node.js)
• pip (Python)
  • pipx (Python)
  • uv (Python)
• conan (C/C++)
• vcpkg (C/C++)

Installation

Using cargo

If you have cargo installed, you can install yu using the following command:

cargo install yu-pkg

Build from source manually

Build

Please make sure you have installed rust and cargo.

git clone https://github.com/Young-TW/yu.git
cd yu
cargo build --release

Install

cargo install --path .

please make sure the ~/.cargo/bin is in your PATH.

Another way to install yu is just copy the yu script to your system.

sudo cp target/release/yu /usr/local/bin/yu

Usage

install package:

yu install <package>

uninstall package:

yu uninstall <package>

reinstall package:

yu reinstall <package>

update package list:

yu update

upgrade all packages:

yu

or

yu upgrade

package name is the same as the package name in the package manager of the system.

auto remove unused packages:

yu autoremove

search package:

yu search <package>

Flags

• -h, --help: Show help message.
• -V, --version: Show version.
• -v, --verbose: Show verbose output.
• -s, --silent: Show no output(only error output).

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