URURfejk·Oct 7, 2022Submission
Upgrade Various Kinds of Packages in Linux at Once with Topgrade
1 points · Open discussionr-darwish
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I recently started doing this. I'm using GNU Stow plus Git to maintain my dotfiles and scripts (one thing I do in scripts is check uname to decide if its macOS or Linux). You…
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12 sourcesI really like topgrade because it integrates all update tools in a single command https://github.com/r-darwish/topgrade
ok not all. It doesn't handle non-unix, proprietary updates. here's what it supports https://github.com/r-darwish/topgrade/wiki/Step-list
In Every single time I open your software, I'm asked to download an updateInteresting idea. Seems pretty comprehensive too: https://github.com/r-darwish/topgrade/wiki/Step-list
Where do you draw the line between updating OS and global tools and code repositories?
In Topgrade: Tool to upgrade everything written in RustTopgrade: Tool to upgrade everything written in Rust
2 points · Open discussionTopgrade – Meta upgrade tool for pip, flatpak, your distro and everything else
1 points · Open discussionTopgrade (written in Rust) [1] allows you to queue different package managers, including those you mentioned.
[1] https://github.com/r-darwish/topgrade
In Curl to shell isn't so badI recently started doing this. I'm using GNU Stow plus Git to maintain my dotfiles and scripts (one thing I do in scripts is check uname to decide if its macOS or Linux). You could use Gitlab, GitHub, or host your own Git (e.g. reachable via WireGuard). Furthermore, I use Topgrade [1] to maintain most machines. It abstracts Homebrew, APT, Vim Plug, Pip, Cargo, and a plethora of other software management tools. I keep a spreadsheet to write down changes I make on a system, and then allow myself to cross which machines also have this change.
This all works well for me, and my Macs have TimeMachine, which is synced over WLAN at home network. However my Linux machines don't have such luxury (referring to the UI here). So you might want to look into a Linux alternative for that, or use a system with that in mind such as Btrfs, ZFS, or indeed (
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as per other comments) NixOS.
[EDIT]I'd like to add that some of my (virtual) machines -such as for example the ones running Kali- only have read access to certain Git repositories, and no access at all on other.[/EDIT]
[1] https://github.com/r-darwish/topgrade
Emerge/portage, nix, ...
Even macOS already has Homebrew (Linuxbrew is the Linux equiv), Fink (derived from APT), and MacPorts on top of the App Store and package managers for programming languages like NPM (NodeJS), Cargo (Rust), Gem (Ruby).
A nice command to upgrade all of these is Topgrade [1] which does all the upgrades for you, including even Tmux plugins.
Of course it comes at the same price of a rolling distribution. Things will break occasionally.
As for NPM since the company behind NPM is commercial, and it is centralized, it shouldn't be a surprise that there's alternatives.
[1] https://github.com/r-darwish/topgrade
In NPM 6.9.1 is broken due to .git folder in published tarballThat's not nearly "every package manager".
Topgrade [1] upgrades all packages including distribution package managers (such as Homebrew, APT, DNF, ...), language specific package managers (such as Cargo, NPM, Gem, ...), program specific package managers (such as Vim, Tmux, shells, ...), Flatpak/Snap, working on The Big Three (Windows, Linux, macOS).
I wish there was a way to update Steam and Battle.net from the CLI as well.
[1] https://github.com/r-darwish/topgrade
In GitHub: sysget – A front-end for every package managerAll of these applications and a whole lot more are available in Homebrew as well. Which can be kept upgraded with Topgrade [1]
[1] https://github.com/r-darwish/topgrade
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