CLI unifying Homebrew, apt, Chocolatey, Pip, NPM, Composer and the like.
Project description
What is Meta Package Manager?
It provides the mpm multi-platform CLI (Linux, macOS, Windows)
mpm is like yt-dlp, but for package managers instead of videos
mpm solves XKCD #1654 (Universal Install Script)
Because mpm try to wrap all other package managers, it became another pathological case of XKCD #927 (Standards)
Features
Inventory and list all package managers available on the system.
Supports macOS, Linux and Windows.
List installed packages.
Search for packages.
Install a package.
List outdated packages.
Sync local package infos.
Upgrade all outdated packages.
Backup list of installed packages to TOML file.
Restore/install list of packages from TOML files.
Pin-point commands to a subset of package managers (include/exclude selectors).
Export results in JSON or user-friendly tables.
Shell auto-completion for Bash, Zsh and Fish.
Provides a xbar plugin for friendly macOS integration.
Supported package managers
Package manager |
Min. version |
macOS |
Linux |
Windows |
sync |
installed |
search |
install |
outdated |
upgrade |
cleanup |
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1.0.0 |
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1.0.0 |
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1.0.0 |
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2.7.0 |
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2.7.0 |
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0.10.4 |
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1.4.0 |
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1.2.0 |
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2.5.0 |
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1.6.1 |
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4.0.0 |
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0.2.0 |
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10.0.0 |
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2.0.0 |
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1.60.0 |
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1.21.0 |
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If you’re bored, feel free to add support for new package manager. See good candidates at:
Installation
This package is available on PyPi, so you can install the latest stable release and its dependencies with a simple pip call:
$ pip install meta-package-managerDocumentation
Docs are hosted on Read the Docs.
Usage
Examples of the package’s mpm CLI.
List global options and commands:
$ mpm
Usage: mpm [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...
CLI for multi-package manager upgrades.
Options:
-m, --manager [composer|snap|brew|cask|mas|vscode|npm|yarn|apm|apt|apt-mint|flatpak|pip|gem|opkg|choco]
Restrict sub-command to a subset of package
managers. Repeat to select multiple
managers. [default: ]
-e, --exclude [composer|snap|brew|cask|mas|vscode|npm|yarn|apm|apt|apt-mint|flatpak|pip|gem|opkg|choco]
Exclude a package manager. Repeat to exclude
multiple managers. [default: ]
-a, --all-managers Force evaluation of all package manager
implemented by mpm, even those notsupported
by the current platform. Still applies
filtering by --manager and --exclude options
before calling the subcommand. [default:
False]
--ignore-auto-updates / --include-auto-updates
Report all outdated packages, including
those tagged as auto-updating. Only applies
to 'outdated' and 'upgrade' commands.
[default: ignore-auto-updates]
-o, --output-format [ascii|csv|csv-tab|double|fancy_grid|github|grid|html|jira|json|latex|latex_booktabs|mediawiki|minimal|moinmoin|orgtbl|pipe|plain|psql|psql_unicode|rst|simple|textile|tsv|vertical]
Rendering mode of the output. [default:
psql_unicode]
-s, --sort-by [manager_id|package_name|package_id|manager_name|version]
Sort results. [default: manager_id]
--stats / --no-stats Print per-manager package statistics.
[default: stats]
--time / --no-time Measure and print elapsed execution time.
[default: no-time]
--stop-on-error / --continue-on-error
Stop right away or continue operations on
manager CLI error. [default: continue-on-
error]
-d, --dry-run Do not actually perform any action, just
simulate CLI calls. [default: False]
-C, --config CONFIG_PATH Location of the configuration file.
-v, --verbosity LEVEL Either CRITICAL, ERROR, WARNING, INFO or
DEBUG. [default: INFO]
--version Show the version and exit. [default: False]
-h, --help Show this message and exit. [default:
False]
Commands:
backup Save installed packages to a TOML file.
cleanup Cleanup local data.
install Install a package.
installed List installed packages.
managers List supported package managers and their location.
outdated List outdated packages.
restore Install packages in batch as specified by TOML files.
search Search packages.
sync Sync local package info.
upgrade Upgrade all packages.List all supported package managers and their status on current system (macOS):
$ mpm -a managers
┌────────────────────┬──────────┬─────────────────┬────────────────────────────┬────────────┬───────────┐
│ Package manager │ ID │ Supported │ CLI │ Executable │ Version │
├────────────────────┼──────────┼─────────────────┼────────────────────────────┼────────────┼───────────┤
│ Atom's apm │ apm │ ✓ │ ✓ /usr/local/bin/apm │ ✓ │ ✓ 2.6.2 │
│ APT │ apt │ ✘ Linux only │ ✓ /usr/bin/apt │ ✓ │ ✘ │
│ Linux Mint's apt │ apt-mint │ ✘ Linux only │ ✓ /usr/bin/apt │ ✓ │ ✘ │
│ Homebrew Formulae │ brew │ ✓ │ ✓ /usr/local/bin/brew │ ✓ │ ✓ 3.2.13 │
│ Homebrew Cask │ cask │ ✓ │ ✓ /usr/local/bin/brew │ ✓ │ ✓ 3.2.13 │
│ Chocolatey │ choco │ ✘ Windows only │ ✘ choco not found │ │ │
│ PHP's Composer │ composer │ ✓ │ ✓ /usr/local/bin/composer │ ✓ │ ✓ 2.1.8 │
│ Flatpak │ flatpak │ ✘ Linux only │ ✘ flatpak not found │ │ │
│ Ruby Gems │ gem │ ✓ │ ✓ /usr/bin/gem │ ✓ │ ✓ 3.0.3 │
│ Mac AppStore │ mas │ ✓ │ ✓ /usr/local/bin/mas │ ✓ │ ✓ 1.8.3 │
│ Node's npm │ npm │ ✓ │ ✓ /usr/local/bin/npm │ ✓ │ ✓ 7.24.0 │
│ OPKG │ opkg │ ✘ Linux only │ ✘ opkg not found │ │ │
│ Pip │ pip │ ✓ │ ✓ /usr/local/bin/python3 │ ✓ │ ✓ 21.2.4 │
│ Snap │ snap │ ✘ Linux only │ ✘ snap not found │ │ │
│ Visual Studio Code │ vscode │ ✓ │ ✓ /usr/local/bin/code │ ✓ │ ✓ 1.60.2 │
│ Node's yarn │ yarn │ ✓ │ ✘ yarn not found │ │ │
└────────────────────┴──────────┴─────────────────┴────────────────────────────┴────────────┴───────────┘Release history Release notifications | RSS feed
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