https://github.com/jam1garner/how-install

A CLI for helping find how to install a given command
https://github.com/jam1garner/how-install

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A CLI for helping find how to install a given command

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/jam1garner/how-install
• Owner: jam1garner
• License: mit
• Created: 2022-06-08T08:34:00.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2022-06-08T08:34:38.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-12-24T05:09:01.401Z (14 days ago)
• Language: Rust
• Size: 17.6 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# how-install

A CLI for helping find how to install a given command.

### Credit

This would be nothing without the core functionality, none of which is mine.

Huge thanks to:

- https://tldr.sh for command descriptions

- https://dbrgn.github.io/tealdeer/ for tldr page terminal display

- https://command-not-found.com/ for command install information

### Install

```

cargo install how-install

```

### Example Usage

Let's say you want to know how to install `make` on your distro. You can use `how-install` to take care of this:

```

$ how-install make

TLDR

  Task runner for targets described in Makefile.

  Mostly used to control the compilation of an executable from source code.

  More information: .

  Call the first target specified in the Makefile (usually named "all"):

      make

  Call a specific target:

      make target

[...]

INSTALL

  sudo pacman -S make

```

### Command Arguments

```

how-install

A CLI for helping find how to install a given command

Credit to:

   - https://tldr.sh for descriptions

   - https://dbrgn.github.io/tealdeer/ for tldr console output

   - https://command-not-found.com/ for command install information

USAGE:

    how-install [OPTIONS] 

ARGS:

    

            Command to lookup how to install

OPTIONS:

        --distro 

            OS to install for

            [possible values: debian, ubuntu, alpine, arch, kali, centos, fedora, raspbian, docker]

    -h, --help

            Print help information

    -i, --install

            Run install command

        --no-tldr

            Don't output TLDR info about the given command

    -y

            Automatically run install command without prompting

```