# Aliases `package-manager` This plugin provides the set of aliases that can be used to control package managers. Here is the list of the supported aliases for each package manager. You can find the details of each alias in the source [`package-manager.aliases.bash`](package-manager.aliases.bash). - `emerge` (Portage Enoch Merge) ... `em`, `es`, `esync`, `eb`, `er`, `emfu`, `ecd`, `ecp`, `elip` - `cave` (Paludis Cave) ... `cave`, `cr`, `cui`, `cs`, `cli` - `apt` (Advanced Packaging Tool) ... `apt`, `aptfu`, `apti`, `apts`, `aptr`, `aptar`, `aptli` - `dpkg` (Debian Package) ... `dpkg` - `nala` (Nala APT Wrapper) ... `nala`, `nalaf`, `nalau`, `nalafu`, `nalai`, `nalar`, `nalaa`, `nalah`, `nalal`, `nalas`, `nalav` - `snap` (Snap Package Manager) ... `snap`, `snapfu`, `snapi`, `snaps`, `snapr`, `snapli` The command to use to call these package manager can be specified in the variable `OMB_ALIAS_PACKAGE_MANAGER_SUDO`. By default, `sudo` is used when the current use is not root and the command `sudo` is available. ```bash # Use sudo to run the package manager OMB_ALIAS_PACKAGE_MANAGER_SUDO=sudo # Do not use sudo but directly run the package manager OMB_ALIAS_PACKAGE_MANAGER_SUDO= ``` ## Emerge Package Manager | Alias | Command | Description | | ------- | ------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `em` | `sudo emerge` | Emerge is the definitive command-line interface to the Portage system. | | `es` | `sudo emerge --search` | Searches for matches of the supplied string in the ebuild repository. | | `esync` | `sudo emerge --sync` | Updates repositories, for which auto-sync, sync-type and sync-uri attributes are set in repos.conf. | | `eb` | `sudo ebuild` | An ebuild must be, at a minimum, a valid Portage package directory name without a version or category, such as portage or python.| | `er` | `sudo emerge -c` | Cleans the system by removing packages that are not associated with explicitly merged packages. | | `emfu` | `sudo emerge --sync && sudo emerge -uDN @world` | Emerge update & upgrade system. | | `eu` | `sudo emerge -uDN @world` | Emerge upgrade system. | | `ei` | `sudo emerge --info` | Emerge display information. | | `ep` | `sudo emerge -p` | Emerge display what would have been installed. | | `e1` | `sudo emerge -1` | Emerge merge without adding the packages to the world file. | | `ecp` | `sudo eclean-pkg -d` | Cleans binary packages. | | `elip` | `sudo eix-installed -a` | Lists all installed programs. | | `ecd` | `sudo eclean-dist -d` | Cleans repository source files. | | `eq` | `sudo equery` | Package query tool. | | `ers` | `sudo emerge -c` | (Deprecated, retained for backward compatibility. Use `er` instead.) | ## Paludis Package Manager (`cave`) | Alias | Command | Description | | ------ | --------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `cave` | `sudo cave` | The Other Package Manager. | | `cr` | `sudo cave resolve` | Solve the dependencies and print out the results. Pass the `-x` option to actually install the package. | | `cui` | `sudo cave uninstall` | Uninstall a package. | | `cs` | `sudo cave show` | Show the dependencies of a package. | | `cli` | `sudo cave list` | List all available Packages. | ## APT Package Manager | Alias | Command | Description | | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `apt` | `sudo apt` | Advanced Packaging Tool. | | `aptfu` | `sudo apt update -y && sudo apt upgrade -y && sudo apt dist-upgrade -y && sudo apt autoremove -y` | Automatically update package lists, fully upgrade all packages, and remove any orphaned packages. | | `apti` | `sudo apt install -y` | Performs the requested action on one or more packages specified via regex(7), glob(7) or exact match. | | `apts` | `sudo apt-cache search` | Search can be used to search for the given regex(7) term(s) in the list of available packages and display matches. | | `aptr` | `sudo apt remove -y` | Performs the requested action on one or more packages specified via regex(7), glob(7) or exact match. | | `aptar` | `sudo apt autoremove -y` | Remove packages that were automatically installed for dependencies but are now no longer needed. | | `aptli` | `sudo apt list` | List is somewhat similar to dpkg-query --list in that it can display a list of packages satisfying certain criteria. | ## Debian Package Manager (`dpkg`) | Alias | Command | Description | | ------ | ----------- | --------------------------- | | `dpkg` | `sudo dpkg` | Package manager for Debian. | ## Nala Package Manager | Alias | Command | Description | | ------- | ------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `nala` | `sudo nala` | Nala is a prettier front-end for libapt-pkg, doubles as --help. | | `nalaf` | `sudo nala fetch` | Fetch fast mirrors to improve download speed. | | `nalau` | `sudo nala update` | Update the list of available packages. | | `nalafu`| `sudo nala upgrade -y` | The equivalent of apt update && apt full-upgrade --auto-remove. | | `nalai` | `sudo nala install -y` | Takes multiple packages as arguments and will install all of them. | | `nalar` | `sudo nala remove -y` | Remove or purge packages that are no longer needed. | | `nalaa` | `sudo nala autoremove -y` | Automatically remove or purge any packages that are no longer needed. | | `nalah` | `sudo nala history` | Nala history with no subcommands will show a summary of all transactions made. | | `nalal` | `sudo nala list` | List all packages or only packages based on the provided name, glob or regex. By default will only glob. | | `nalas` | `sudo nala search` | Search package names and descriptions using a word, regex or glob. | | `nalav` | `sudo nala show` | Show information about a package such as the name, version, dependencies etc. | ## Snap Package Manager | Alias | Command | Description | | -------- | -------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `snap` | `sudo snap` | The snap command lets you install, configure, refresh and remove snaps. Snaps are packages that work across many different Linux distributions. | | `snapfu` | `sudo snap refresh` | Update all installed snaps. | | `snapi` | `sudo snap install` | Installs the named snaps. | | `snaps` | `sudo snap find` | Queries the store for available packages. | | `snapr` | `sudo snap remove --terminate --purge` | Performs a full and clean remove. Remove the snap without saving a snapshot of its data. Remove all the snap revisions without the option `--revision=`. | | `snapli` | `sudo snap list --all` | List all installed snaps and revisions in the current system. |