meta-package-manager 4.9.1

📦 one CLI for all package managers

What is Meta Package Manager?

• provides the mpm CLI
• mpm is like yt-dlp, but for package managers instead of videos
• mpm solves XKCD #1654: Universal Install Script

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Features

• Inventory and list all package managers available on the system.
• Supports macOS, Linux and Windows.
• List installed packages.
• Search for packages.
• Install a package.
• List outdated packages.
• Sync local package infos.
• Upgrade all outdated packages.
• Backup list of installed packages to TOML file.
• Restore/install list of packages from TOML files.
• Pin-point commands to a subset of package managers (include/exclude selectors).
• Export results in JSON or user-friendly tables.
• Shell auto-completion for Bash, Zsh and Fish.
• Provides a xbar plugin for friendly macOS integration.
• Because mpm try to wrap all other package managers, it became another pathological case of XKCD #927: Standards

Supported package managers

Package manager	Min. version	macOS	Linux	Windows	sync	installed	search	install	outdated	upgrade	cleanup
apm	1.0.0	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
apt	1.0.0		✓		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
apt-mint	1.0.0		✓		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
brew	2.7.0	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
cask	2.7.0	✓			✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
choco	0.10.4			✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
composer	1.4.0	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
flatpak	1.2.0		✓			✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
gem	2.5.0	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
mas	1.6.1	✓				✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
npm	4.0.0	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
opkg	0.2.0		✓		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
pip	10.0.0	✓	✓	✓		✓	✘*	✓	✓	✓
snap	2.0.0		✓			✓	✓	✓		✓
vscode	1.60.0	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓		✓
yarn	1.21.0	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

Quickstart

1. Install mpm with pip:

   $ pip install meta-package-manager
   

Other alternatives installation methods are available in the documentation.

List managers

List all supported package managers and their status on current system (macOS in this case):

$ mpm --all-managers managers
╭────────────────────┬──────────┬────────────────┬───────────────────────────┬────────────┬──────────╮
│ Package manager    │ ID       │ Supported      │ CLI                       │ Executable │ Version  │
├────────────────────┼──────────┼────────────────┼───────────────────────────┼────────────┼──────────┤
│ Atom's apm         │ apm      │ ✓              │ ✓ /usr/local/bin/apm      │ ✓          │ ✓ 2.6.2  │
│ APT                │ apt      │ ✘ Linux only   │ ✓ /usr/bin/apt            │ ✓          │ ✘        │
│ Linux Mint's apt   │ apt-mint │ ✘ Linux only   │ ✓ /usr/bin/apt            │ ✓          │ ✘        │
│ Homebrew Formulae  │ brew     │ ✓              │ ✓ /usr/local/bin/brew     │ ✓          │ ✓ 3.2.16 │
│ Homebrew Cask      │ cask     │ ✓              │ ✓ /usr/local/bin/brew     │ ✓          │ ✓ 3.2.16 │
│ Chocolatey         │ choco    │ ✘ Windows only │ ✘ choco not found         │            │          │
│ PHP's Composer     │ composer │ ✓              │ ✓ /usr/local/bin/composer │ ✓          │ ✓ 2.1.8  │
│ Flatpak            │ flatpak  │ ✘ Linux only   │ ✘ flatpak not found       │            │          │
│ Ruby Gems          │ gem      │ ✓              │ ✓ /usr/bin/gem            │ ✓          │ ✓ 3.0.3  │
│ Mac AppStore       │ mas      │ ✓              │ ✓ /usr/local/bin/mas      │ ✓          │ ✓ 1.8.3  │
│ Node's npm         │ npm      │ ✓              │ ✓ /usr/local/bin/npm      │ ✓          │ ✓ 7.24.0 │
│ OPKG               │ opkg     │ ✘ Linux only   │ ✘ opkg not found          │            │          │
│ Pip                │ pip      │ ✓              │ ✓ /usr/local/bin/python3  │ ✓          │ ✓ 21.2.4 │
│ Snap               │ snap     │ ✘ Linux only   │ ✘ snap not found          │            │          │
│ Visual Studio Code │ vscode   │ ✓              │ ✓ /usr/local/bin/code     │ ✓          │ ✓ 1.61.0 │
│ Node's yarn        │ yarn     │ ✓              │ ✘ yarn not found          │            │          │
╰────────────────────┴──────────┴────────────────┴───────────────────────────┴────────────┴──────────╯

List installed packages

List all packages installed on current system:

$ mpm installed
╭─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┬─────────┬────────────────────╮
│ Package name                │ ID                          │ Manager │ Installed version  │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼─────────┼────────────────────┤
│ github                      │ github                      │ apm     │ 0.36.9             │
│ update-package-dependencies │ update-package-dependencies │ apm     │ 0.13.1             │
│ rust                        │ rust                        │ brew    │ 1.55.0             │
│ x264                        │ x264                        │ brew    │ r3060              │
│ atom                        │ atom                        │ cask    │ 1.58.0             │
│ visual-studio-code          │ visual-studio-code          │ cask    │ 1.52.0             │
│ nokogiri                    │ nokogiri                    │ gem     │ x86_64-darwin      │
│ rake                        │ rake                        │ gem     │ 13.0.3             │
│ iMovie                      │ 408981434                   │ mas     │ 10.2.5             │
│ Telegram                    │ 747648890                   │ mas     │ 8.1                │
│ npm                         │ npm                         │ npm     │ 7.24.0             │
│ raven                       │ raven                       │ npm     │ 2.6.4              │
│ jupyterlab                  │ jupyterlab                  │ pip     │ 3.1.14             │
│ Sphinx                      │ Sphinx                      │ pip     │ 4.2.0              │
│ ms-python.python            │ ms-python.python            │ vscode  │ 2021.10.1317843341 │
│ ms-toolsai.jupyter          │ ms-toolsai.jupyter          │ vscode  │ 2021.9.1001312534  │
╰─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┴─────────┴────────────────────╯
16 packages total (brew: 2, pip: 2, apm: 2, gem: 2, cask: 2, mas: 2, vscode: 2, npm: 2, composer: 0).

List outdated packages

List all packages installed for which an upgrade is available:

$ mpm outdated
╭──────────────┬─────────────┬─────────┬───────────────────┬────────────────╮
│ Package name │ ID          │ Manager │ Installed version │ Latest version │
├──────────────┼─────────────┼─────────┼───────────────────┼────────────────┤
│ curl         │ curl        │ brew    │ 7.79.1            │ 7.79.1_1       │
│ git          │ git         │ brew    │ 2.33.0            │ 2.33.0_1       │
│ openssl@1.1  │ openssl@1.1 │ brew    │ 1.1.1l            │ 1.1.1l_1       │
│ rake         │ rake        │ gem     │ 13.0.3            │ 13.0.6         │
│ Telegram     │ 747648890   │ mas     │ 8.1               │ 8.1.3          │
│ npm          │ npm@8.0.0   │ npm     │ 7.24.0            │ 8.0.0          │
│ pip          │ pip         │ pip     │ 21.2.4            │ 21.3           │
│ regex        │ regex       │ pip     │ 2021.9.30         │ 2021.10.8      │
╰──────────────┴─────────────┴─────────┴───────────────────┴────────────────╯
8 packages total (brew: 3, pip: 2, gem: 1, mas: 1, npm: 1, apm: 0, cask: 0, composer: 0).

Usage

More documentation is available in:

• the detailed help screens
• the list of use-cases where you’ll find inspiration on how to leverage mpm power