• m4m4m4m4@lemmy.world
    3·
    2 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
      1·
      2 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
    0·
    2 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.

    • Lucy :3@feddit.org
      1·
      2 months ago

      Someone said they found the pacman syntax confusing at the 37c3 arch user meetup

      yeah that was not well received lol.

      It’s very clean and I love the categories of actions (Database/Files/Query/Remove/Sync/Deptest/Upgrade) that each support -h individually.