meta-package-manager 5.11.3

🎁 wraps all package managers with a unifying CLI

What is Meta Package Manager?

• provides the mpm CLI, a wrapper around all package managers
• 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.
• Standalone executables for macOS, Linux and Windows.
• List installed packages.
• List duplicate installed packages.
• Search for packages.
• Install a package.
• Remove 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• List outdated packages.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• Upgrade all outdated packages.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).
• Support plain, versionned and purl package specifiers.
• Export output to JSON or print user-friendly tables.
• Shell auto-completion for Bash, Zsh and Fish.
• Provides a Xbar/SwiftBar 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 and operations

Package manager	Min. version	BSD[^bsd_without_macos]	Linux[^linux]	macOS	Unix[^unix]	Windows	installed	outdated	search	install	upgrade	upgrade_all	remove	sync	cleanup
apm ⚠️	1.0.0	🅱️	🐧	🍎		🪟	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
apt	1.0.0	🅱️	🐧		>_		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓
apt-mint	1.0.0	🅱️	🐧		>_		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓
brew	2.7.0		🐧	🍎			✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
cargo	1.0.0	🅱️	🐧	🍎	>_	🪟	✓		✓	✓			✓
cask	2.7.0			🍎			✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
choco	0.10.9					🪟	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
composer	1.4.0	🅱️	🐧	🍎	>_	🪟	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓			✓
dnf	4.0.0	🅱️	🐧		>_		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓
emerge	3.0.0	🅱️	🐧		>_		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓
flatpak	1.2.0	🅱️	🐧		>_		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓			✓
gem	2.5.0	🅱️	🐧	🍎	>_	🪟	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓
mas	1.6.1			🍎			✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
npm	4.0.0	🅱️	🐧	🍎	>_	🪟	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
opkg	0.2.0	🅱️	🐧		>_		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓
pacaur	4.0.0	🅱️	🐧		>_		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
pacman	5.0.0	🅱️	🐧		>_		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
paru	1.9.3	🅱️	🐧		>_		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
pip	10.0.0	🅱️	🐧	🍎	>_	🪟	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓
pipx	1.0.0	🅱️	🐧	🍎	>_	🪟	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓
scoop	0.2.4					🪟	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
snap	2.0.0	🅱️	🐧		>_		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
steamcmd	None	🅱️	🐧	🍎	>_	🪟				✓
vscode	1.60.0	🅱️	🐧	🍎	>_	🪟	✓			✓
yarn	1.20.0	🅱️	🐧	🍎	>_	🪟	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓
yay	11.0.0	🅱️	🐧		>_		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
yum	4.0.0	🅱️	🐧		>_		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓
zypper	1.14.0	🅱️	🐧		>_		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓

[^bsd_without_macos]: BSD: FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, SunOS.

[^linux]: Linux: Linux, Windows Subsystem for Linux v2.

[^unix]: Unix: AIX, Cygwin, GNU/Hurd, Solaris, Windows Subsystem for Linux v1.

Note: Missing manager

If your favorite manager is missing or does not support an operation, you can influence its implementation: open a ticket to document its output or read the contribution guide and submit a pull request.

I can do that work for you if you purchase business support 🤝 or sponsor the project 🫶.

Installation

From sources

Easiest way is to install mpm from sources with pipx:

$ pipx install meta-package-manager

Other alternatives installation methods are available in the documentation.

Binaries

Binaries are available so you can skip the installation process above and download the standalone executables directly:

Platform	x86_64
Linux[^linux]	Download mpm.bin
macOS	Download mpm.bin
Windows	Download mpm.exe

All links above points to the latest released version.

Quickstart

List managers

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

$ mpm --all-managers managers
╭────────────┬────────────────────┬────────────────┬──────────────────────────────┬────────────┬───────────╮
│ Manager ID │ Name               │ Supported      │ CLI                          │ Executable │ Version   │
├────────────┼────────────────────┼────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┼────────────┼───────────┤
│ apm        │ Atom's apm         │ ✓              │ ✘ apm not found              │            │           │
│ apt        │ APT                │ ✘ Linux only   │ ✓ /usr/bin/apt               │ ✓          │ ✘         │
│ apt-mint   │ Linux Mint's apt   │ ✘ Linux only   │ ✓ /usr/bin/apt               │ ✓          │ ✘         │
│ brew       │ Homebrew Formulae  │ ✓              │ ✓ /opt/homebrew/bin/brew     │ ✓          │ ✓ 3.6.3   │
│ cargo      │ Rust's cargo       │ ✓              │ ✓ /opt/homebrew/bin/cargo    │ ✓          │ ✓ 1.64.0  │
│ cask       │ Homebrew Cask      │ ✓              │ ✓ /opt/homebrew/bin/brew     │ ✓          │ ✓ 3.6.3   │
│ choco      │ Chocolatey         │ ✘ Windows only │ ✘ choco not found            │            │           │
│ composer   │ PHP's Composer     │ ✓              │ ✓ /opt/homebrew/bin/composer │ ✓          │ ✓ 2.4.2   │
│ dnf        │ DNF                │ ✘ Linux only   │ ✘ dnf not found              │            │           │
│ emerge     │ Emerge             │ ✘ Linux only   │ ✘ emerge not found           │            │           │
│ flatpak    │ Flatpak            │ ✘ Linux only   │ ✘ flatpak not found          │            │           │
│ gem        │ Ruby Gems          │ ✓              │ ✓ /usr/bin/gem               │ ✓          │ ✓ 3.0.3.1 │
│ mas        │ Mac AppStore       │ ✓              │ ✓ /opt/homebrew/bin/mas      │ ✓          │ ✓ 1.8.6   │
│ npm        │ Node's npm         │ ✓              │ ✓ /opt/homebrew/bin/npm      │ ✓          │ ✓ 8.19.2  │
│ opkg       │ OPKG               │ ✘ Linux only   │ ✘ opkg not found             │            │           │
│ pacman     │ Pacman             │ ✘ Linux only   │ ✘ pacman not found           │            │           │
│ paru       │ Paru               │ ✘ Linux only   │ ✘ paru not found             │            │           │
│ pip        │ Pip                │ ✓              │ ✓ ~/.pyenv/shims/python3     │ ✓          │ ✓ 22.2.2  │
│ pipx       │ Pipx               │ ✓              │ ✓ /opt/homebrew/bin/pipx     │ ✓          │ ✓ 1.1.0   │
│ scoop      │ Scoop              │ ✘ Windows only │ ✘ scoop not found            │            │           │
│ snap       │ Snap               │ ✘ Linux only   │ ✘ snap not found             │            │           │
│ steamcmd   │ Valve Steam        │ ✓              │ ✘ steamcmd not found         │            │           │
│ vscode     │ Visual Studio Code │ ✓              │ ✓ /opt/homebrew/bin/code     │ ✓          │ ✓ 1.71.2  │
│ yarn       │ Node's yarn        │ ✓              │ ✓ /opt/homebrew/bin/yarn     │ ✓          │ ✓ 1.22.19 │
│ yay        │ Yay                │ ✘ Linux only   │ ✘ yay not found              │            │           │
│ yum        │ YUM                │ ✘ Linux only   │ ✘ yum not found              │            │           │
│ zypper     │ Zypper             │ ✘ Linux only   │ ✘ zypper not found           │            │           │
╰────────────┴────────────────────┴────────────────┴──────────────────────────────┴────────────┴───────────╯

If your favorite manager is not supported yet, you can help! See the contibution guide.

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

Other subcommands and options are documented in:

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