twapake(1)

NAME

twapake - A simple perl tool to manage last installed packages and to keep a log of packages installed date

SYNOPSIS

twapake [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

Twapake is a system administration utility for Slackware and Slackware based operating systems only, making easier the management of last installed packages and making easier seeing the installation date of a package.

GENERAL OPTIONS

-h, --help
    Simple help

-v, --version
    Print Twapake version

-l, --logfile
    Print a snapshot logfile to the /var/log/twapake/ directory. A snapshot is a list of all packages sorted by installed date at T time. The installed date is printed too, making easier to see when a package has been installed on your system.

-i, --installed
    Print a simple sorted list of installed packages to STDOUT

-n, --nlpkg
    Used with -i. Let you choose how many N last installed packages you want to print to STDOUT

-r, --remove
    Remove the last N installed packages

-s, --since
    Print today installed packages to STDOUT

-c, --choosedate
    Used with -s. Print packages installed since this choosen date

-u, --ui
    Launch the Curses User Interface for an easier removal. You can choose the packages you want to remove in a list sorted by installed date

COMMAND LINE USAGE

Here are some usages examples:

twapake -i -n 10
    Print the 10 last installed packages to STDOUT

twapake -r -n 5
    Show you the last 5 installed packages and ask you if you want to remove them

twapake -s -c 2011-05-25
    Show you the packages installed on your system since the 2011-05-25

THE CURSES INTERFACE

Within the program you can use the following keys.

UP / DOWN
    Navigate the packages list

SPACE
    Select/Unselect a package

Ctrl-X
    Show you the menu

Ctrl-U
    Unselect all choosen packages

Ctrl-R
    Remove all selected packages

Ctrl-Q
    Quit Twapake

WEBSITE

https://framagit.org/fredg/twapake

AUTHOR

Twapake was written by Frederic Galusik <slack~at~galusik~dot~xyz>

SEE ALSO

pkgtool(8), removepkg(8)