pacdef
multi-backend declarative package manager for Linux (by steven-omaha)
pellets
A declarative pacman wrapper for Arch Linux to manage installed packages with a single configuration file (by dpatti)
| pacdef | pellets | |
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| 8 | 1 | |
| 291 | 25 | |
| - | - | |
| 9.4 | 3.4 | |
| 7 days ago | 10 months ago | |
| Rust | Shell | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | The Unlicense |
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pacdef
Posts with mentions or reviews of pacdef.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-15.
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My own computer gaslighted me
A new thing that made package management on Arch neater for me is pacdef.
- pacdef, the declarative package manager for Arch, releases v1.0.0
- rewrite it in rust: pacdef releases v1.0.0
- (AUR) Package & Config Sync
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pellets: manage your packages with a configuration file
Cool project! Have you explored pacdef? It seems to be that blessed middle ground between Arch and Nix.
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Pacman Feature Idea
This isn't quite what you are looking for, but you could consider a declarative package manager, which covers this use case as well. There's e.g. https://github.com/steven-omaha/pacdef
- Saving packages with comments
- Cannot create PKGBUILD that depends on AUR packages
pellets
Posts with mentions or reviews of pellets.
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and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-11-06.
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pellets: manage your packages with a configuration file
Hello! A while back I made pellets as a way of keeping track what I installed on my system so that I could clean up things I didn't need anymore. It also made setting up a new machine much quicker. Really what I wanted was something like Nix, but I went on a very long saga trying to use it as a package manager with Arch and it was... not viable. So I made pellets as a middle-ground: it's just a simple bash wrapper around pacman and doesn't demand complete control, but you can use a configuration file to keep your packages synchronized to a desired state. It also prunes old dependencies. I've been using it for over a year now and am really happy with the result.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing pacdef and pellets you can also consider the following projects:
grappa - Behavior-oriented, expressive, human-friendly Python assertion library for the 21st century
archfi - Arch Linux Fast Installer : tutorial installer
archinstall - Arch Linux installer - guided, templates etc.
wslu - A collection of utilities for Windows Subsystem for Linux
aconfmgr - A configuration manager for Arch Linux
nix-1p - A (more or less) one page introduction to Nix, the language.
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