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Supac - a declarative package manager for linux, scriptable in nushell (codeberg.org)

submitted 1 week ago by innocentz3r0@programming.dev to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/45148310

Supac - a declarative package manager written in Rust, scriptable in nushell

Supac is a declarative package manager written in Rust fully scriptable in nushell. It's meant to make it easy to use the native package managers in existing distros without going through the associated headaches of using Nix, while maintaining the ergonomics of structured data in nushell.

Currently supported backends are:

Archlinux and derivatives

flatpak

cargo/cargo-binstall

uvx (packages only for now)

rustup toolchains

I daily drive it, and it works well. Feel free to give it a try!

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[–] Zangoose@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Honestly I'd consider using this in combination with NixOS just for the flatpak support

[–] innocentz3r0@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Haha, fair enough. The reason I even created this in the first place was because of how painful nix/nixOS is to use in general. Nushell is far simpler, and much more ergonomic to deal with. Especially with how much it supports structured data.

[–] sunstoned@lemmus.org 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

(just (try (guix (bro))):))

[–] innocentz3r0@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago

I'd rather just use nix 🙃

[–] JC1@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

That is cool. I use dcli which is quite nice to use and easily manages dotfiles and scripts. I see you've added post install hooks which would allow to manage dotfiles for example.

I really like to use a declarative package manager on a different distro than NixOS. My current install is managed entirely by that tool with specific scripts that modify some config files like fstab for instance.