apt-soso 1.0.3

Provides a couple of nice-to-have commands which are not available in the standard apt suite.

apt_soso

Provides a couple of nice-to-have commands which are not available in the standard apt suite.

Install

You must have python-apt installed on your system. It might already be there, if you have a debian/ubuntu based system. If not, install it with:

$ sudo apt install python-apt

Install this package from pypi:

$ pip install apt_soso

Help text:

usage: apt-soso [-h] [--installed-pkgs] [--essential-pkgs] [--important-pkgs]
                [--stand-alones] [--files] [--description] [--all-files]
                [--all-dirs] [--info-dir INFO_DIR]

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --installed-pkgs, -p  List all installed packages.
  --essential-pkgs, -e  List installed packages marked "essential".
  --important-pkgs, -i  List installed packages marked "important".
  --stand-alones, -s    List packages which no other packages are dependent
                        upon.
  --files, -f           Show installed files with packages.
  --description, -d     Show package descriptions with packages.
  --all-files, -F       List all files installed for all installed packages.
  --all-dirs, -D        List top-level directories where files are installed
                        for all installed packages.
  --info-dir INFO_DIR   Directory where package info is stored (default
                        /var/lib/dpkg/info).