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debian

This plugin provides Debian-related aliases and functions for zsh.

To use it add debian to the plugins array in your zshrc file.

plugins=(... debian)

Settings

  • $apt_pref: use aptitude or apt if installed, fallback is apt-get.
  • $apt_upgr: use upgrade or safe-upgrade (for aptitude).

Set $apt_pref and $apt_upgr to whatever command you want (before sourcing Oh My Zsh) to override this behavior.

Common Aliases

Alias Command Description
age apt-get Command line tool for handling packages
api aptitude Same functionality as apt-get, provides extra options
acs apt-cache search Command line tool for searching apt software package cache
aps aptitude search Searches installed packages using aptitude
as aptitude -F '* %p -> %d \n(%v/%V)' --no-gui --disable-columns search Print searched packages using a custom format
afs apt-file search --regexp Search file in packages
asrc apt-get source Fetch source packages through apt-get
app apt-cache policy Displays priority of package sources

Superuser Operations Aliases

Alias Command Description
aac sudo $apt_pref autoclean Clears out the local repository of retrieved package files
aar sudo $apt_pref autoremove Removes packages installed automatically that are no longer needed
abd sudo $apt_pref build-dep Installs all dependencies for building packages
ac sudo $apt_pref clean Clears out the local repository of retrieved package files except lock files
ad sudo $apt_pref update Updates the package lists for upgrades for packages
adg sudo $apt_pref update && sudo $apt_pref $apt_upgr Update and upgrade packages
ads sudo apt-get dselect-upgrade Installs packages from list and removes all not in the list
adu sudo $apt_pref update && sudo $apt_pref dist-upgrade Smart upgrade that handles dependencies
afu sudo apt-file update Update the files in packages
ai sudo $apt_pref install Command-line tool to install package
ail sed -e 's/ */ /g' -e 's/ *//' \| cut -s -d ' ' -f 1 \| xargs sudo $apt_pref install Install all packages given on the command line while using only the first word of each line
alu sudo apt update && apt list -u && sudo apt upgrade Update, list and upgrade packages
ap sudo $apt_pref purge Removes packages along with configuration files
au sudo $apt_pref $apt_upgr Install package upgrades
di sudo dpkg -i Install all .deb files in the current directory
dia sudo dpkg -i ./*.deb Install all .deb files in the current directory
kclean sudo aptitude remove -P ?and(~i~nlinux-(ima\|hea) ?not(~n$(uname -r))) Remove ALL kernel images and headers EXCEPT the one in use

Aliases - Commands using su

Alias Command
aac su -ls "$apt_pref autoclean" root
aar su -ls "$apt_pref autoremove" root
ac su -ls "$apt_pref clean" root
ad su -lc "$apt_pref update" root
adg su -lc "$apt_pref update && aptitude $apt_upgr" root
adu su -lc "$apt_pref update && aptitude dist-upgrade" root
afu su -lc "apt-file update"
au su -lc "$apt_pref $apt_upgr" root
dia su -lc "dpkg -i ./*.deb" root

Miscellaneous Aliases

Alias Command Description
allpkgs aptitude search -F "%p" --disable-columns ~i Display all installed packages
mydeb time dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -us -uc Create a basic .deb package

Functions

Function Description
apt-copy Create a simple script that can be used to 'duplicate' a system
apt-history Displays apt history for a command
apt-list-packages List packages by size
kerndeb Builds kernel packages

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