How to install lots of packages via command line?

[libertas]

Hi,

To build software sometimes the requirements mention several packages to be installed.
To do this manually one by one via the graphical tool pkgget is tiresome.

For example, to build the Unicon programming language this is necessary:

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apt install libgl1-mesa-dev libssl-dev libx11-dev libjpeg-dev libpng-dev libglu1-mesa-dev
            libxft-dev libopenal-dev libalut-dev libogg-dev libvorbis-dev unixodbc-dev
	    libfreetype6-dev

Is it possible (and how) to install these packages in one go from the command line or graphically?

[BarryK]

Sorry, currently there is no way to do that.

Yes, it would be nice to feed in multiple packages on a CLI.

Anyway, it is not something that you have to do often, just once, then compile Unicon.

[Thanos]

I installed apt from pkgget, but after I use it to install some software, the system crashed.

I think maybe it is because \bin \sbin \lib aren't directory but symbol link.

[libertas]

I installed apt from pkgget, but after I use it to install some software, the system crashed.

I think maybe it is because \bin \sbin \lib aren't directory but symbol link.

If you open the pkgget script, there a lot going on, it's nota a simples apt command.

[Thanos]

I installed apt from pkgget, but after I use it to install some software, the system crashed.

I think maybe it is because \bin \sbin \lib aren't directory but symbol link.

If you open the pkgget script, there a lot going on, it's nota a simples apt command.

I think apt is better because it's simple and fast.

[libertas]

@Thanos , if you think apt is simple and fast, you haven't seen Alpine's apk, have you?

[BarryK]

Stay tuned!

[Thanos]

@Thanos , if you think apt is simple and fast, you haven't seen Alpine's apk, have you?

I think apt is simple and fast than pkgget only.

[BarryK]

Decided, why not do this:

https://bkhome.org/news/202503/neoapt-s ... ility.html

Alright, if you are counting the seconds, it might be slower, and require more button clicks, than the real 'apt', but it works OK.