Nala is a nicer front end for apt. It gives more information about the packages and makes it easyer to keep track of everything.
Installation
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sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt install -y wget
echo "deb [arch=amd64,arm64,armhf] http://deb.volian.org/volian/ scar main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/volian-archive-scar-unstable.list
wget -qO - https://deb.volian.org/volian/scar.key | sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/volian-archive-scar-unstable.gpg > /dev/null
sudo apt update && sudo apt install nala -y
Usage
- update all packages
sudo nala update && sudo nala upgrade -y - install a package
sudo nala install -y <package> - remove a package
sudo nala remove -y <package> - list installed packages
nala list -i - show package information
nala show <package> - search for a package
nala search <package>
You can add -y to execute without confirmation.