{"id":1513,"date":"2022-10-20T06:25:37","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T13:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.access.ly\/?p=1513"},"modified":"2022-11-05T10:09:25","modified_gmt":"2022-11-05T17:09:25","slug":"nala-a-feature-rich-commandline-frontend-for-apt-package-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/2022\/10\/20\/nala-a-feature-rich-commandline-frontend-for-apt-package-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"Nala \u2013 A Feature-rich Commandline Frontend For APT Package Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you run a Debian based GNU\/Linux distribution you&#8217;re very familiar with apt-get and it&#8217;s more improved apt, but you might not be aware of <a aria-label=\"Nala (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/gitlab.com\/volian\/nala\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">Nala<\/a>. Nala is an open source Python based front end for apt that improves the formatting, adds color and incorporates some features and formatting from Red Hat based Linux&#8217;s dnf package management command\/system. I&#8217;ve included sample output below along with a detailed article on installing and using Nala linked at bottom. So give Nala a try and brighten up that update\/upgrade task in your Debian GNU\/Linux system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"925\" src=\"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/nala1-1024x925.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2042\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/nala1-1024x925.png 1024w, https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/nala1-300x271.png 300w, https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/nala1-768x694.png 768w, https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/nala1.png 1032w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"925\" src=\"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/nala-1024x925.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/nala-1024x925.png 1024w, https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/nala-300x271.png 300w, https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/nala-768x694.png 768w, https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/nala.png 1032w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ostechnix.com\/nala-commandline-frontend-for-apt\/\">https:\/\/ostechnix.com\/nala-commandline-frontend-for-apt\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you run a Debian based GNU\/Linux distribution you&#8217;re very familiar with apt-get and it&#8217;s more improved apt, but you might not be aware of Nala. Nala is an open source Python based front end for apt that improves the formatting, adds color and incorporates some features and formatting from Red Hat based Linux&#8217;s dnf [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":6}},"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Jason","author_link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/author\/jturning\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1513"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2043,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1513\/revisions\/2043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}