README.md

Apt-Get Wrapper for Node.js

$ npm install node-apt-get

A node wrapper for the functionality of apt-get on Debian systems. Should support all commands and options (if not please PR the missing features), with a simple interface:

var apt = require('node-apt-get');
apt.update().on('close', function() {
	apt.install('vim', {
		'assume-yes': true
	}).on('close', function(code) {
		if (code !== 0) return console.error('Vim not installed');
		console.log('Vim installed');
	});
});

All method take options which will be transformed like so:

// apt-get install vim --assume-yes
apt.install('vim', {
	'assume-yes': true
});

// apt-get upgrade --simulate
apt.upgrade({
	'simulate': true
});

// apt-get update --config-file /path/to/config
apt.update({
	'config-file': '/path/to/config'
});

All options will fall back to the value specified in apt.options, so you can globally set options on all of your commands with the following:

apt.options['assume-yes'] = true;

Be careful with this because all options set this way are global. It is better to specify the options every time rather than accidentally setting --assume-yes or --config-file for all commands.

Note: Most apt-get commands require root, but this module does not require or even check for that.

See man apt-get for more info about supported commands and options.

Spawn Options

You can also overide the default behavior of inheriting the stdio for your child processes with the apt.spawnOptions object.