Installing the `yu` executable

Assuming you have Rust/Cargo installed, run this command in a terminal:

cargo install yu-pkg

It will make the yu command available in your PATH if you've allowed the PATH to be modified when installing Rust. cargo uninstall yu-pkg uninstalls.

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yu - a package manager wrapper for all unix-like systems

yu allows users to use the same command to install, uninstall, and upgrade packages on all unix-like systems.

Supported package managers

Native

apt
dnf
pacman
yum
homebrew
zypper
portage
apk

Sandbox / Snapshot

flatpak
snap
nix
guix

Domain-Specific

conda (Anaconda)
- pixi (Pixi)
spack (Scientific computing)

Language-Specific

cargo (Rust)
npm (Node.js)
- pnpm (Node.js)
pip (Python)
- pipx (Python)
- uv (Python)
conan (C/C++)
vcpkg (C/C++)

Installation

Using cargo

If you have cargo installed, you can install yu using the following command:

cargo install yu-pkg

Build from source manually

Build

Please make sure you have installed rust and cargo.

git clone https://github.com/Young-TW/yu.git
cd yu
cargo build --release

Install

cargo install --path .

please make sure the ~/.cargo/bin is in your PATH.

Another way to install yu is just copy the yu script to your system.

sudo cp target/release/yu /usr/local/bin/yu

Usage

install package:

yu install <package>

uninstall package:

yu uninstall <package>

reinstall package:

yu reinstall <package>

update package list:

yu update

upgrade all packages:

yu

yu upgrade

package name is the same as the package name in the package manager of the system.

auto remove unused packages:

yu autoremove

search package:

yu search <package>

Flags

-h, --help: Show help message.
-V, --version: Show version.
-v, --verbose: Show verbose output.
-s, --silent: Show no output(only error output).

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Installing the yu executable

Installing the `yu` executable