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title = "An unified package manager user interface"
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date = "2020-11-08"
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author = "Aloïs Micard"
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authorTwitter = "" #do not include @
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cover = ""
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tags = ["My Projects", "Rust"]
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keywords = ["", ""]
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description = "Funny experiment to make a unified package manager user interface"
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I've made a little fun experiment this weekend by trying to make a unified package manager user interface.
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The idea was to design the simplest package manager UI possible. And I've come up with something that I really like.
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I've named the project 'x' (I am tired in finding meaningful name derive from Greek god or anything...).
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Here's how it works:
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The program read a sequence of operations to apply. Each operation is prefixed by a token indicate what the operation
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kind (install, update or remove).
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- **+** is used to install a program
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- **-** is used to remove a program
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- **^** is used to update a program
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# Examples
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## Install a program
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Let's say we want to install vim:
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```
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$ x +vim
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```
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## Remove a program
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Let's say we want to remove neofetch:
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```
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$ x -neofetch
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```
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## Update a program
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Let's say we want to update gcc:
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```
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$ x ^gcc
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```
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What if we want to update all packages?
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This is sufficient:
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```
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$ x ^
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```
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## Multiple operations
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What if we want to perform multiple operations?
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```
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$ x +vim -neofetch ^gcc
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```
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Yes, this works!
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# The implementation
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The idea was looking great, so I've decided to implement it (first in C, then refactoring in Rust).
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X is available on MacOS, Windows, and Linux, and simply wrap an underlying package manager (APT, Brew, Chocolatey).
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The source code is available [on Github](https://github.com/creekorful/x).
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Happy hacking!
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