joewiz
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2 years ago @line-o I'm sure you've got a bunch of package managers that you're modeling this on, but for what it's worth, here's the one I'm most familiar with: homebrew. The brew list command lists installed formulae and/or casks (somewhat analogous to our two types of packages - applications and libraries), and can show them with or without version numbers (without being the default), in a multicolumn or one-per-line layout (multicolumn being the default).
% brew list --help
Usage: brew list, ls [options] [installed_formula|installed_cask ...]
List all installed formulae and casks.
If formula is provided, summarise the paths within its current keg. If cask
is provided, list its artifacts.
--formula, --formulae List only formulae, or treat all named
arguments as formulae.
--cask, --casks List only casks, or treat all named arguments
as casks.
--unbrewed List files in Homebrew's prefix not installed
by Homebrew. (disabled; replaced by
brew --prefix --unbrewed)
--full-name Print formulae with fully-qualified names.
Unless --full-name, --versions or
--pinned are passed, other options (i.e.
-1, -l, -r and -t) are passed to
ls(1) which produces the actual output.
--versions Show the version number for installed
formulae, or only the specified formulae if
formula are provided.
--multiple Only show formulae with multiple versions
installed.
--pinned List only pinned formulae, or only the
specified (pinned) formulae if formula are
provided. See also pin, unpin.
-1 Force output to be one entry per line. This
is the default when output is not to a
terminal.
-l List formulae and/or casks in long format.
Has no effect when a formula or cask name is
passed as an argument.
-r Reverse the order of the formulae and/or
casks sort to list the oldest entries first.
Has no effect when a formula or cask name is
passed as an argument.
-t Sort formulae and/or casks by time modified,
listing most recently modified first. Has no
effect when a formula or cask name is passed
as an argument.
-d, --debug Display any debugging information.
-q, --quiet Make some output more quiet.
-v, --verbose Make some output more verbose.
-h, --help Show this message.% brew list
==> Formulae
ant gcc libarchive libunistring openjdk ruby-build
aom gd libass libusb openjdk@11 rumble
apache-spark gdbm libassuan libuv openjpeg s3cmd
assimp gdk-pixbuf libb2 libvidstab openssl@1.1 saxon
atomicparsley gettext libbluray libvmaf opus sbt
autoconf gh libde265 libvorbis p11-kit sdl2
autoconf-archive ghostscript libebml libvpx pandoc shared-mime-info
automake giflib libev libx11 pango six
basex git libevent libxau parallel snappy
bdw-gc glib libffi libxcb pass speex
boost gmp libgcrypt libxdmcp pcre sqlite
brotli gnu-getopt libgpg-error libxext pcre2 srt
c-ares gnupg libheif libxrender pdftk-java tcl-tk
ca-certificates gnutls libidn libyaml pillow tesseract
cairo gobject-introspection libidn2 little-cms2 pinentry texinfo
cjson graphite2 libimagequant lz4 pixman theora
cmake graphviz libksba lzo pkg-config tika
cmark gts liblqr m4 pngcheck tree
cmocka guile libmatroska maven pngquant unbound
dav1d handbrake libmpc mbedtls poppler unpaper
dbus harfbuzz libnghttp2 md4c popt utf8cpp
deno hub libogg mkvtoolnix pugixml webp
docbook hunspell libomp mp4v2 pybind11 wget
docbook-xsl icu4c libpng mpdecimal python@3.10 x264
double-conversion imagemagick libproxy mpfr python@3.8 x265
exiftool imath libpthread-stubs nasm python@3.9 xcinfo
fdk-aac isl libraqm netpbm qpdf xmlto
ffmpeg jasper librist nettle qrencode xorgproto
ffmpeg@4 jbig2dec librsvg nghttp2 qt xvid
flac jbig2enc libsamplerate nlohmann-json rav1e xxhash
fmt jemalloc libsndfile npth rbenv xz
fontconfig jena libsodium nspr readline youtube-dl
freetype jpeg libsoxr nss rename zeromq
frei0r jpeg-xl libtasn1 ocrmypdf rsync zimg
fribidi lame libtiff opencore-amr rubberband zstd
fuseki leptonica libtool openexr ruby
==> Casks
1password camtasia google-drive mattermost openvpn-connect tower
adobe-acrobat-reader cheatsheet gpg-suite microsoft-auto-update oxygen-xml-editor transmit
alfred cyberduck istat-menus microsoft-edge postman tropy
amazon-chime deepl jedit microsoft-office proxyman visual-studio-code
atom discord joplin microsoft-teams pycharm-ce vlc
bbedit docker kaleidoscope mimestream qtpass wkhtmltopdf
bookends exist-db keycue ngrok signal zoom
boop firefox liberica-jdk8-full nova skype
calibre github libreoffice obsidian slack
camo-studio google-chrome maccy openrefine thunderbird% brew list --versions
ant 1.10.12
aom 3.2.0_2
apache-spark 3.2.1
assimp 5.2.2
atomicparsley 20210715.151551.e7ad03a
autoconf 2.71
autoconf-archive 2022.02.11
automake 1.16.5
basex 9.6.4
bdw-gc 8.0.6
boost 1.78.0
brotli 1.0.9
c-ares 1.18.1_1
ca-certificates 2022-02-01
cairo 1.16.0_5
cjson 1.7.15
cmake 3.22.2
cmark 0.30.2
cmocka 1.1.5
dav1d 0.9.2
dbus 1.12.20
deno 1.19.0
docbook 5.1_1
docbook-xsl 1.79.2_1
double-conversion 3.2.0
exiftool 12.30
fdk-aac 2.0.2
ffmpeg 5.0-with-options_1
ffmpeg@4 4.4.1
flac 1.3.4
fmt 8.1.1_1
fontconfig 2.13.1
freetype 2.11.1
frei0r 1.7.0
fribidi 1.0.11
fuseki 4.4.0
gcc 11.2.0_3
gd 2.3.3_1
gdbm 1.23
gdk-pixbuf 2.42.6
gettext 0.21
gh 2.5.1
ghostscript 9.55.0
giflib 5.2.1
git 2.35.1
glib 2.70.4
gmp 6.2.1_1
gnu-getopt 2.37.4
gnupg 2.3.4
gnutls 3.7.3
gobject-introspection 1.70.0_3
graphite2 1.3.14
graphviz 2.50.0
gts 0.7.6_2
guile 3.0.8
handbrake 1.5.1
harfbuzz 3.4.0
hub 2.14.2
hunspell 1.7.0_2
icu4c 69.1
imagemagick 7.1.0-26
imath 3.1.4
isl 0.24
jasper 2.0.33
jbig2dec 0.19
jbig2enc 0.29
jemalloc 5.2.1_1
jena 4.4.0
jpeg 9e
jpeg-xl 0.6.1
lame 3.100
leptonica 1.82.0
libarchive 3.6.0
libass 0.15.2
libassuan 2.5.5
libb2 0.98.1
libbluray 1.3.0
libde265 1.0.8
libebml 1.4.2
libev 4.33
libevent 2.1.12
libffi 3.4.2
libgcrypt 1.10.0
libgpg-error 1.44
libheif 1.12.0_1
libidn 1.38
libidn2 2.3.2
libimagequant 4.0.0
libksba 1.6.0
liblqr 0.4.2_1
libmatroska 1.6.3
libmpc 1.2.1
libnghttp2 1.46.0
libogg 1.3.5
libomp 13.0.1
libpng 1.6.37
libproxy 0.4.17_1
libpthread-stubs 0.4
libraqm 0.9.0
librist 0.2.6_1
librsvg 2.52.6
libsamplerate 0.1.9_1
libsndfile 1.0.31
libsodium 1.0.18_1
libsoxr 0.1.3
libtasn1 4.18.0
libtiff 4.3.0
libtool 2.4.6_4
libunistring 1.0
libusb 1.0.25
libuv 1.43.0
libvidstab 1.1.0
libvmaf 2.3.0_1
libvorbis 1.3.7
libvpx 1.11.0
libx11 1.7.3.1
libxau 1.0.9
libxcb 1.14_2
libxdmcp 1.1.3
libxext 1.3.4
libxrender 0.9.10
libyaml 0.2.5
little-cms2 2.13.1
lz4 1.9.3
lzo 2.10
m4 1.4.19
maven 3.8.4
mbedtls 3.1.0
md4c 0.4.8
mkvtoolnix 65.0.0_1
mp4v2 2.0.0
mpdecimal 2.5.1
mpfr 4.1.0
nasm 2.15.05
netpbm 10.86.30
nettle 3.7.3
nghttp2 1.46.0
nlohmann-json 3.10.5
npth 1.6
nspr 4.33
nss 3.75
ocrmypdf 13.4.0
opencore-amr 0.1.5
openexr 3.1.4
openjdk 17.0.2
openjdk@11 11.0.12
openjpeg 2.4.0
openssl@1.1 1.1.1m
opus 1.3.1
p11-kit 0.24.1
pandoc 2.17.1.1
pango 1.50.4
parallel 20220222
pass 1.7.4
pcre 8.45
pcre2 10.39
pdftk-java 3.3.2
pillow 9.0.1
pinentry 1.2.0
pixman 0.40.0
pkg-config 0.29.2_3
pngcheck 3.0.3
pngquant 2.17.0
poppler 21.12.0
popt 1.18
pugixml 1.12.1
pybind11 2.9.0
python@3.10 3.10.2
python@3.8 3.8.12_1
python@3.9 3.9.10
qpdf 10.6.2
qrencode 4.1.1
qt 6.2.2
rav1e 0.5.1
rbenv 1.2.0
readline 8.1.2
rename 1.601
rsync 3.2.3
rubberband 2.0.2
ruby 3.1.1
ruby-build 20220218
rumble 1.17.0
s3cmd 2.2.0_1
saxon 10.6
sbt 1.6.2
sdl2 2.0.20
shared-mime-info 2.1
six 1.16.0_2
snappy 1.1.9
speex 1.2.0
sqlite 3.38.0
srt 1.4.4
tcl-tk 8.6.12_1
tesseract HEAD-5d5cd77
texinfo 6.8
theora 1.1.1
tika 2.3.0
tree 2.0.2
unbound 1.15.0
unpaper 6.1_8
utf8cpp 3.2.1
webp 1.2.2
wget 1.21.2
x264 r3060
x265 3.5
xcinfo 0.7.0
xmlto 0.0.28
xorgproto 2021.5
xvid 1.3.7
xxhash 0.8.1
xz 5.2.5
youtube-dl 2021.12.17
zeromq 4.3.4
zimg 3.0.3
zstd 1.5.2% brew list --casks --versions
1password 7.6
adobe-acrobat-reader 20.012.20041
alfred 4.6.1,1274
amazon-chime 4.39.8497
atom 1.58.0
bbedit 14.0
bookends 14.0.4
boop 1.4.0
calibre 5.37.0
camo-studio 1.1.1,112
camtasia 2021.0.4
cheatsheet 1.6.1
cyberduck 8.2.3,36880
deepl 2.5.63019
discord 0.0.258
docker 4.4.2,73305
exist-db 6.0.1
firefox 79.0
github 2.5.3-f26bc4fa
google-chrome 84.0.4147.125
google-drive 51.0.9
gpg-suite 2020.1
istat-menus 6.40
jedit 5.6.0
joplin 2.6.10
kaleidoscope 3.1,2018
keycue 9.10
liberica-jdk8-full 1.8.0,322
libreoffice
maccy 0.15.0
mattermost 5.0.4
microsoft-auto-update 4.27.20091302
microsoft-edge 95.0.1020.44
microsoft-office 16.40.20081000
microsoft-teams 1.3.00.18164
mimestream 0.31.5
ngrok 2.3.40
nova 1.1
obsidian 0.12.19
openrefine 3.5.2
openvpn-connect 3.3.3,4163
oxygen-xml-editor 24.0,2021121518
postman 7.30.1
proxyman 2.11.1
pycharm-ce 2021.3,213.5744.248
qtpass 1.3.2
signal 1.34.5
skype 8.64.0.80
slack 4.8.0
thunderbird 78.2.0
tower 5.1,245:560b4dd2
transmit 5.7.6
tropy 1.11.1
visual-studio-code 1.51.1
vlc 3.0.11.1
wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6-2
zoom 5.8.6.2879
line-o
Possible names:
exist-packageexist-pkgexpath-pkgShould return tabulated list with package-abbreviation and version.
Example Output:
Possible options:
--libraries,-lor-L: list only installed libraries--applicationts,-aor-A: list only installed applications--filter,-f: list only libraries and/or applications that match a given pattern--extended,-e: add more information to the result (date of installation, namespace URI, declared dependencies, ...)--json,-j: return result as json (in order to pipe it tojqfor example or store it in a file)