ArchApt apt to pacman syntax adapter
Usage: apt [options] command
ArchApt is a commandline syntax adapter for pacman package manager used in Arch-based systems that provides a familiar apt syntax for users used to Debian-based system's apt package manager.
Commands currently supported:
list- list packages based on package namessearch- search in package descriptionsshow- show package detailsinstall- install packagesreinstall- reinstall packagesremove- remove packagesautoremove- Remove automatically all unused packages (untested!)update- update list of available packagesupgrade- upgrade the system by installing/upgrading packagesfull-upgrade- upgrade the system by removing/installing/upgrading packagesfix-upgrade- try to force system upgrade when it is stuck due to keyring issues and\or old files (not recommended)yay- install yay (needs to be run as root first and then as normal user)nochecks- install an AUR package skipping integrity checks
Switches currently supported:
--installed- used withlistto show a list of currently installed packages--upgradeable- used withlistto show a list of packages ready to be upgraded--purge- used withremove, cleans up all additional stuff a packages leaves behind--dry-run- shows the command actually being issued to pacman, doesn't actually run--yesor-y- does everything without asking for confirmation--fpacman- force the use of pacman even if yay is installed--fyay- force the use of yay even if it is not found (don't use, debug purposes only)
When used with yay (detects it's presence automatically) it accounts for the habit
of running apt as sudo, which is discouraged by yay due to makepkg security concerns,
but running it as a normal user regardless (provided runuser is available).
This script was made and is being maintained for my personal usage only, it's raw, it doesn't follow best practice guidelines, it doesn't suit someone's ideals of code beauty, and it might very well be unsafe to use. If it breaks your system, damages your data, leaves your poor cat hungry, e.t.c, you're on your own. If you do make use of it, you're doing this AT YOUR OWN RISK only. See LICENSE for all the details. And, yes, whenever you do find the time for that, you definitely should learn to use pacman. It's great. That said, if this script was still of use to you, it makes me happy.
In order to run this script safely it's HIGHLY discouraged to install in into your root bin directory. It is UNSAFE, DON'T DO THIS.
Instead, if you already can execute scripts from your /home/USERNAME/bin folder, put it there. (Feel free to use /home/USERNAME/.local/bin/ if you so prefer).
If not, read on:
- Add
export PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"to your~/.bashrcfile located in your home directory if it's not already there. - Run
export PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"in terminal. This will allow you to run scripts from your~/binfolder. - Run
mkdir -p ~/binin terminal to create this folder if it doesn't exist.
Run the following in the terminal (assuming you did the steps above):
git clone https://github.com/RoyShapiro/ArchApt.git
mkdir -p ~/bin
cp ./ArchApt/apt ~/bin/apt
chmod +x ~/bin/apt
You can now delete the cloned repo folder if you so wish.
Installation complete, you can now use apt basically as you would on Debian-based distro.
With the obvious caveat of limited functionality currently provided by this script.
If you have yay installed, this script will make use of it automatically. Nothing needs to be done.
In order to run with yay, the user issuing the command must not be root. It's okay to use sudo, this script should handle this case (provided runuser is available, but it should be). If user is root, pacman will be used as backend instead.