manifest(1)

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version 7.20 · 2 versions
, in nixpkgs unstable, ubuntu stonking

💖 manifest — import or export a package list 💖

okay bestie, so this is manifest, a lil byobu utility, and the whole vibe is: it handles your package list — it either imports one or exports one. that's it, that's the show. 🎀 it's giving "tiny tool, big purpose" energy.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

here's exactly how you call it, no cap:

manifest export [-|URL|FILENAME]

manifest import -|URL|FILENAME

so like. two modes, and the argument can literally be a - (dash), a URL, or a FILENAME. export gets the bracket-y optional-ish treatment, import takes its thing straight up. copy these character for character, don't freestyle it 🙈

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so… lowkey this section is empty in the original. not a single word. it's giving mystery, it's giving "figure it out bestie". the tool says it in the synopsis and then just ✨ vibes ✨. we respect the silence. 💅

🦋 BUGS 🦋

okay so this is the part where we're honest, and ironically it's also basically a compatibility vibe check:

  • rn this is only compatible with apt(8) and dpkg(1). periodt. if you're on something else, that's a you problem, not a manifest problem. 😭
fr fr, take that seriously — "currently only compatible with apt(8) and dpkg(1)" is the whole entire limitation, no fine print hiding underneath.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

if you wanna go read more (and you should, main character energy is being informed):

👑 AUTHOR 👑

this manpage and the utility were both written by Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@byobu.org>, for Ubuntu systems — but bestie, anyone else may use it too, it's not gatekept. 💜

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3, published by the Free Software Foundation. iconic, honestly.

the complete text of the GNU General Public License lives here:

and that's the whole page, bestie 🫶 this came to you from the byobu crew, dated 28 February 2016 — old but gold, still slaying. mwah, ily, go export your package list 💖✨

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