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Unified API to handle several package managers.

Project description

A CLI and a BitBar plugin to simplify software upgrades from several package managers.

Stable release: Last release Python versions Software license Requirements freshness

Development: Unit-tests status Coverage Status Code Quality

Obligatory XKCD.

Source: XKCD #1654.

Supported

Only macOS platform is supported.

Package manager

Individual upgrade

Full upgrade

Homebrew

Homebrew Cask

Python 2 pip

Python 3 pip

Node’s npm

Atom’s apm

Ruby’s gem

Mac AppStore via mas

If you’re bored, feel free to add support for new package manager. See the list of good candidates.

Usage

Examples of the package’s mpm CLI.

List global options and commands:

$ mpm
Usage: mpm [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

  CLI for multi-package manager updates and upgrades.

Options:
  -v, --verbosity LEVEL           Either CRITICAL, ERROR, WARNING, INFO or
                                  DEBUG. Defaults to INFO.
  -o, --output-format [simple|plain|json|fancy]
                                  Rendering mode of the output. Defaults to
                                  fancy.
  --version                       Show the version and exit.
  --help                          Show this message and exit.

Commands:
  managers  List supported package managers and their location.
  outdated  List available updates.
  sync      Sync local package info.
  update    Update all packages.

List all supported package managers and their status on current system:

$ mpm managers
╒═══════════════════╤══════╤═════════════════════╤═════════╤══════════════╤═══════════╕
 Package manager    ID    CLI path             Found    Executable    Version   
╞═══════════════════╪══════╪═════════════════════╪═════════╪══════════════╪═══════════╡
 Atom's apm        │ apm  │ /usr/local/bin/apm  │ ✅       │ ✅            │ ✅         │
├───────────────────┼──────┼─────────────────────┼─────────┼──────────────┼───────────┤
│ Homebrew          │ brew │ /usr/local/bin/brew │ ✅       │ ✅            │ ✅  1.1.2  │
├───────────────────┼──────┼─────────────────────┼─────────┼──────────────┼───────────┤
│ Homebrew Cask     │ cask │ /usr/local/bin/brew │ ✅       │ ✅            │ ✅  1.1.2  │
├───────────────────┼──────┼─────────────────────┼─────────┼──────────────┼───────────┤
│ Ruby Gems         │ gem  │ /usr/bin/gem        │ ✅       │ ✅            │ ✅         │
├───────────────────┼──────┼─────────────────────┼─────────┼──────────────┼───────────┤
│ Mac AppStore      │ mas  │ /usr/local/bin/mas  │ ✅       │ ✅            │ ✅  1.3.1  │
├───────────────────┼──────┼─────────────────────┼─────────┼──────────────┼───────────┤
│ Node's npm         npm   /usr/local/bin/npm                                 
├───────────────────┼──────┼─────────────────────┼─────────┼──────────────┼───────────┤
 Python 2's Pip    │ pip2 │ /usr/local/bin/pip2 │ ✅       │ ✅            │ ✅         │
├───────────────────┼──────┼─────────────────────┼─────────┼──────────────┼───────────┤
│ Python 3's Pip     pip3  /usr/local/bin/pip3                                
╘═══════════════════╧══════╧═════════════════════╧═════════╧══════════════╧═══════════╛

BitBar plugin

A copy of the latest stable version of the Meta Package Manager BitBar plugin is always available on BitBar website and plugin repository.

Bitbar plugin screenshot.

History

The package_manager.py script started its life in my ‘dotfile’ repository, as a rewrite from Bash to Python of the ‘brew-updates.sh’ script.

I then merged both Homebrew and Cask upgrade in the same single script as both were competing with each other when run concurrently.

I finally proposed the script for inclusion in the official BitBar plugin repository. It lived there for a couple of weeks and saw a huge amount of contributions by the community.

With its complexity increasing, it was decided to move the plugin to its own repository. For details, see the migration script.

Current status

Active development of the script is continuing here, in the exact same conditions as we were before moving the repository, like nothing happened.

Each time we reach a releaseable script, we simply tag it and push a copy to the BitBar plugin repository. Plain and simple.

At the same time we maintain a Python library on the side. The library is going to handle all idiosyncracies of supported package managers under a unified API.

Once the library is good enough, we’ll evaluate rebasing the original plugin on it, and lay out a plan for a painless transition, from the standalone script to a bare BitBar-plugin depending on the library alone.

In the mean time we have to temporarily manage duplicate code. But at least the whole project is kept in one centralized place, trying to tackle the same issues.

Contributors

License

This software is licensed under the GNU General Public License v2 or later (GPLv2+).

Changes for v2.0.0 (2016-12-04)

  • Rewrite BitBar plugin based on mpm. Closes #13.

  • Render errors with a monospaced font in BitBar plugin.

  • Add missing CHANGES.rst in MANIFEST.in.

  • Make wheels generated under Python 2 environnment available for Python 3 too.

  • Only show latest changes in the long description of the package instead of the full changelog.

  • Add link to full changelog in package’s long description.

  • Bump trove classifiers status out of beta.

  • Fix package keywords.

  • Bump minimal pycodestyle requirement to 2.1.0.

  • Always check for package metadata in Travis CI jobs.

  • Add upgrade_all_cli field for each package manager in JSON output of mpm outdated command.

Full changelog.

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2.0.0

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