upm-universalpackagemanager/README.md

# Universal Package Manager (UPM)

A unified command-line interface for managing packages across different Linux distributions. UPM provides a consistent interface for package management operations regardless of the underlying package manager (apt, dnf, pacman, etc.).

## Features

- 🔄 Universal syntax across package managers
- 📦 Support for multiple package managers:
  - apt (Debian/Ubuntu)
  - dnf/yum (RHEL/Fedora)
  - pacman (Arch)
  - zypper (openSUSE)
  - apk (Alpine)
  - xbps (Void Linux)
  - emerge (Gentoo)
- 🚀 Support for universal package managers:
  - snap
  - flatpak
- 🔍 Version-specific package installation
- 📋 Repository management
- 🧹 Cache cleaning
- 🔗 Dependency handling

## Installation

### Prerequisites

- Go 1.22 or newer
- Git

### Building from Source

1. Clone the repository and enter the directory:
   
   ```git clone https://git.supernets.org/e/managerofmanagers```
   ```cd upm```

2. Install dependencies:
   
   ```go mod download```

3. Build the binary:
   
   ```go build -o upm```

4. (Optional) Install system-wide:
   
   ```sudo mv upm /usr/local/bin/```

## Usage

### Basic Commands

Install packages:\
   ```upm install nginx```\
   ```upm install nginx@1.18.0  # Install specific version```

Remove packages:\
   ```upm remove nginx```

Search for packages:\
   ```upm search nginx```

Update package lists:\
   ```upm update```

Upgrade installed packages:\
   ```upm upgrade```

List installed packages:\
   ```upm list```

Show package information:\
   ```upm info nginx```

### Repository Management

Add a repository:\
   ```upm repo add https://repo.example.com```

Remove a repository:\
   ```upm repo remove example-repo```

List repositories:\
   ```upm repo list```

### Maintenance

Clean package cache:\
   ```upm clean```

Remove unused dependencies:\
   ```upm autoremove```

### Dependency Management

Check dependencies:\
   ```upm check-deps```

Check dependencies for specific package:\
   ```upm check-deps nginx```
   
Show package dependencies:\
   ```upm show-deps nginx```

### Using Universal Package Managers

Install using snap:\
   ```upm -u snap install firefox```

Install using flatpak:\
   ```upm -u flatpak install org.mozilla.firefox```

## Project Structure
```
upm/
├── main.go              # Main application entry point
├── pkg_manager/
│   └── pkg_manager.go   # Core package manager implementation
├── go.mod
├── go.sum
└── README.md
```
## Dependencies

Required Go packages:
- github.com/fatih/color - For colorized terminal output
- github.com/briandowns/spinner - For progress indicators

## Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

## License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

## Acknowledgments

- Thanks to all the Linux distribution maintainers for their package managers
- The Go community for the excellent standard library and third-party packages

## Support

If you encounter any issues or have questions, please file an issue on the GitHub repository.