alternative cli util for update-alternatives

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Overview

altb

altb is a cli utility influenced by update-alternatives of ubuntu.
Linked paths are added to $HOME/.local/bin according to XDG Base Directory Specification

How to start?

execute:

pipx install altb

to track new binary use:

altb track <app_name>@<app_tag> /path/to/binary

for example:

altb track [email protected] /bin/python2.7
altb track [email protected] /bin/python3.8
# altb track python ~/Downloads/python # will also work and generate a new hash for it

List all tracked versions:

$ altb list -a
python
|----   2.7 - /bin/python2.7
|----   3.8 - /bin/python3.8

Use specific version:

altb use <app_name>[@<app_tag>]

example:

altb use [email protected]

this will link the tracked path to ~/.local/bin/<app_name> in this case - ~/.local/bin/python

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Comments
  • Feature: Support env vars + schema command

    Feature: Support env vars + schema command

    • Command tag type now supports env vars injection
    • Much better schema validation
    • Added a schema command altb schema (influenced by kubectl explain command) to describe the schema and allow writing config.
    enhancement 
    opened by IamShobe 0
Releases(v0.4.2)

  • v0.4.2(Oct 11, 2022)

  • v0.4.1(Jul 26, 2022)

  • v0.4.0(Jul 23, 2022)

  • 0.3.1(Mar 26, 2022)

  • 0.3.0(Mar 20, 2022)

    BREAKING CHANGES

    • config now moved to ~/.config/altb/config.yaml
    • config structure MAJOR change - format is now as follows: 
      binaries:
   app_name:
       name: app_name
       selected: 1.0.0
       tags:
          1.0.0:
              description: some description
              kind: link  # this is added every old type is link type
              spec:
                 path: /path/to/binary
    • Command altb track ... now changed to altb track path ....

    Additions:

    • Support copying tracked file using altb track path <app_name>@<tag> <path> --copy, versions will be saved at $HOME/.local/altb/versions.
    • Support tracking commands using altb track command <app_name>@<tag> "<command>" [-w <working_directory>]

    Full Changelog: https://github.com/IamShobe/altb/compare/0.2.2...0.3.0

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    Source code(zip)

  • 0.2.2(Dec 12, 2021)

  • 0.2.0(Dec 12, 2021)

    • allows for tracking binaries and easily swapping between links
    • allows for renaming tags of binaries
    • detects drifts and exits

    Full Changelog: https://github.com/IamShobe/altb/commits/0.2.0

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