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GitHub - vinifmor/bauh: Graphical user interface for managing your Linux applications. Supports AppImage, Debian and Arch packages (including AUR), Flatpak, Snap and native Web applications (github.com)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

i find this app especially helpful for arch

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

God, this is a great start to whaat I want. I want this to have a baby with Synaptic. This is great for cleaning up though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What's Synaptic? I have once contributed to bauh, so I might include that if it's a simple feature.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticHowto

It's probably not very simple. Bauh is a bit clunky compared to this app. If I was going to work on extending functionality, I'd probably look into forking Synaptic first.

[+] [email protected] -7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You need a GUI-on-GUI thing to make it all work for you?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I want to see it all in a single database and manage it all in one place in a GUI with multi select.

[+] [email protected] -11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's what your package manager is for. I'm unaware of a distro that doesn't include a GUI for this.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It does not include appimages or various other formats that are included in this app. This is an all in one solution.

[+] [email protected] -9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You're the author here, right?

If anything, it would be MORE useful for beginners if it included Snaps or Flatpaks.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I did not make this. This does include Snaps and Flatpaks and Debs and a lot of other formats. Your general package managers do not.

[+] [email protected] -8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Okay, so what's your problem with my comment then?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Mate, you are not being clear at all. I’ve clarified this multiple times. If you’re unwilling to acknowledge that out-of-the-box package managers do not generally include non-native package formats, this conversation can’t progress.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They're saying they want something like Synaptic (mostly for its "multi-select", apparently, though I'm not sure what that means?), but have it support AppImages, Flatpaks, Snaps, etc., instead of just Debs like Synaptic does.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Don't feed the trolls, especially the ones that are bad at it. But yeah, this app doesn't let you select and uninstall multiple things at the same time nor does it have all the functionality of Synaptic (which is amaze, notably for the search tool). I'd settle on a CLI tool for this too, I just want a one stop shop because I get so triggered having to juggle different managers. It's just fucking annoying really. Like, I found the cli tool Topgrade and it is just the best thing ever for keeping things up to date from all package managers, I want that with extended functionality as even this tool doesn't manage every manager that Topgrade does. Something modular, otherwise I waste time fucking around with everything. That's really the core issue, it's a pain in the ass not being centralised. If I had more time and unlimited finances I'd fork this and try to extend it myself.