Advanced usage

Take your package management further with these advanced features:

Exporting Packages

Export all installed packages to a config file:

better-pkg setup-export @c-all

Export by category:

better-pkg setup-export @c-media

Install packages from a previously exported config:

better-pkg setup-custom packages_export.json

You can learn more about importing and exporting in Using setups section.

Remove packages listed in a config file:

better-pkg setup-remove packages_export.json

Use predefined aliases for groups of packages:

better-pkg install @a-editors

You can define your aliases in ~/.config/better-tools/pkg.json

Get output in JSON format for scripting:

better-pkg list --json
better-pkg search firefox --json

Use -y to automatically answer "yes" to prompts:

better-pkg install firefox -y

And if you want true non-interactive mode, this will automatically choose first search result:

better-pkg install firefox -yf