Package Managers (Download latest release)

Package Repo Search

Quick package/plugin/component (repo) lookup for your favourite package managers. Currently supports Alcatraz to Yeoman Generators.

PATH Variable

With macOS ≥12.3 Monterey no longer providing PHP, it's now a prerequisite to install your own. Simplest way to install it yourself is via brew install php.

If you don’t have Homebrew, you can install it via instructions on their homepage, brew.sh.

The PATH variable needs to capture not only where PHP is installed, but also where Bash is. Here are two variations:

• Intel Macs: /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
• Apple Silicon Macs: /opt/homebrew/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin

Commands

Local Cache Management Commands

• pkgman cleardb: Clear local database cache files
• pkgman cachedb: Update local database cache files

Package Repository Search Commands

• alcatraz {query}: Cocoa Packages
• atom {query}: Atom Packages
• apt-get {query}: Ubuntu Packages
• bower {query}: Bower Components for JavaScript
• brew {query}: Homebrew Forumale/Cask
• chef {query}: Chef Cookbooks
• cocoa {query}: CocoaPods can be upgraded to CocoaDocs by changing $apple_docs to true in the script.
• composer {query}: PHP Composer Packages
• cordova {query}: Apache Cordova plugins
• docker {query}: Docker Images
• definitelytyped {query}: DefinitelyTyped TypeScript Definitions
• gems {query}: Ruby Gems
• gradle {query}: Java Gradle Packages
• grunt {query}: nodeJS task-runner Grunt Plugins
• gulp {query}: nodeJS task-runner Gulp Plugins
• hackage {query}: Haskell package archive
• hex {query}: Elixir Hex Packages
• maven {query}: Java Maven Libraries
• metacran {query}: R Packages
• npm {query}: nodeJS NPM Packages
• nuget {query}: .Net NuGet Packages
• pear {query}: PHP Pear Packages
• puppet {query}: Puppet Modules
• pypi {query}: Python Packages
• raspbian {query}: Rasberry Pi Packages
• rpm {query}: Red Hat Linux Packages
• st {query}: Sublime Text Packages
• yarn {query}: Yarn Packages
• yo {query}: Yeoman Generators

Action Modifiers

• default: open README page url
• cmd: copy name/id to frontmost app
• shift: copy config file name/id and version to frontmost app

Additional Notes

All workflows require constant internet connection.

Workflows can break from time to time due to changes by the provider of the repo. If you notice a workflow stops working, please file an Issue.

All repos have caching enabled to speed up common queries. These caches are refreshed after 14 days and may take longer than expected to return results during update. You can force a cache refresh by running pkgman cachedb to re-download the databases (applies to alcatraz, grunt, cocoa). Alternatively you can run pkgman cleardb to remove all stored cache, but this isn't recommended. Clearing your cache is recommended after an update if the package manager you use had a bug previously.

The Python Package Index is very slow due to a lack on API and pagination. A min query length has been put in place to help speed this up. You can change it in the script, $min_query_length = 3. Perhaps someone with a python background can improve this.

Contribution

There is a Makefile to automate the contribution steps. This Makefile have one prerequisite: you should set ALFRED_PKGMAN_WORKFLOW_DIR shell environment variable targeting to workflow path installed in Alfred. To get the path you should:

1. Go Alfred Preferences → Workflows
2. Find “Package Managers”
3. Right click on it and select “Open in Finder”

To make a contribution:

1. Make desired changes to workflow / underlying code base
2. Build the Alfred workflow
3. Prepare a new release:
   1. Update Package Managers.alfredworkflow file in the root of repository from your newly-built one
   2. Update info.plist in the root of the repository

See below for how to run the automation that handles these steps.

Make changes to workflow / underlying code base

make linkSourceFoldersToWorkflow - links src, bin, vendor folders from your local cloned source code folder of the workflow to corresponding folders that installed in Alfred, located at ALFRED_PKGMAN_WORKFLOW_DIR.

Build the Alfred workflow

make dist - runs composer install, copies sources to ./dist, copies icons and info.plist from ALFRED_PKGMAN_WORKFLOW_DIR to ./dist, zips ./dist to ./dist/Package Managers.alfredworkflow

Prepare a new release

make release - builds a new release by copying info.plist and Package Managers.alfredworkflow from ./dist to the root of the repository.

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