• m4m4m4m4@lemmy.world
    48·
    3 months ago

    I love Gentoo precisely because of Portage, but I think the most badass package install/uninstall syntax has to be that of (the defunct?) Sorcerer Linux:

    Sorcerer’s tool terminology is based upon magic words. For example:

    • a tool to download, compile, and install software is called a “spell”
    • to install a package is “cast”
    • to remove a package is “dispel”
    • a set of available spells is called a “grimoire”
    • ogeist@lemmy.world
      15·
      3 months ago

      I mean alias is a thing and nothing is stopping you…

      I think I will do it in my system.

  • fl42v@lemmy.ml
    333·
    3 months ago

    I still like pacman’s syntax the most due to it being close to what one expects from a normal cli program. Also, I’m lazy, and pacman -Syu, for example, is way faster to type than apt update && apt upgrade.

    • Peffse@lemmy.world
      9·
      3 months ago

      How else can you pretend you are ordering the Hulk around?

      apt update

      apt upgrade

      …actually, now I want to see if I can set up an alias like that.

      hulk smash firefox

    • Eager Eagle@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      3 months ago

      I’m lazy, so I prefer to not remember what half a dozen cryptic flags stand for.

      I just find disappointing that there’s no long form to these options and they don’t make much mnemonic sense either. Feels like the authors just picked the first letter available they came across with zero regard to readability or usability.

      • fl42v@lemmy.ml
        2·
        3 months ago

        The same way as specifying ss before and after i in ffmpeg doing different stuff or that moment when sysd could delete your homedir some time ago when you asked it to clear the tempfiles. I.e, it’s not; that’s what manpages are for

  • y0din@lemmy.world
    10·
    3 months ago

    does gentoos emerge --rageclean count?

    [–unmerge, -C WARNING: This action can remove important packages! Removes all matching packages following a counter governed by CLEAN_DELAY. This does no checking of dependencies, so it may remove packages necessary for the proper operation of your system. Its arguments can be atoms or ebuilds. For a dependency aware version of --unmerge, use --depclean or --prune. For a version with CLEAN_DELAY=0, use --rage-clean.

    (edit, added context from “man emerge”, rageclean mentioned the last sentence)