• Major code optimization
  • Better code format

• Updated subprocess.Popen to subprocess.run.
• Fixed grammar error (ouch).

• Updated error message handling when packages fail to upgrade.

• I know this is not wise but, updated for avalon framework 1.6.1.

For short, KPM makes apt upgrading simple and fully automatic.

KPM stands for "k4yt3x Package Manager". I developed this program to make using apt easier and safer, especially when using "apt update && apt upgrade -y && apt dist-upgrade -y". It is unsafe to use the command above since under some situations, unsafe repos can remove packages form your computer. Sometimes these removals can be critically harmful to your system, such as removing gnome desktop entirely.

KPM automatically checks packages before committing any upgrading actions. An upgrade that will not cause any removal of other packages will be considered "safe" and kpm will automatically start upgrading. An upgrade that will cause removals will be considered "unsafe" and will require the user's confirmation before taking any actions.

After upgrading, it will detect if there are automatically installed packages that are not needed anymore, and prompt to ask if the user wants to remove them (apt autoremove). It will also execute apt autoclean to erase old downloaded packages.

sudo pip3 install avalon_framework

sudo curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/k4yt3x/kpm/master/kpm.py -o /usr/bin/kpm && sudo chmod 755 /usr/bin/kpm && sudo chown root: /usr/bin/kpm

git clone "https://github.com/k4yt3x/kpm.git"
cd kpm
sudo python3 kpm.py --install-kpm

That's it, now type 'kpm' to start your first automatic upgrade!

Should be easy

sudo rm -f /usr/bin/kpm

You only need to type kpm to launch automatic upgrade once KPM has been installed onto your system. The full help section is down below. You can also use the -h or --help argument to show the help page.

usage: kpm [-h] [-x XINSTALL] [-m MADISON] [-s SEARCH] [--install-kpm]
           [--force-upgrade]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit

ACTIONS:
  -x XINSTALL, --xinstall XINSTALL
                        install without marking already-installed packages as
                        manually installed
  -m MADISON, --madison MADISON
                        list all versions of a package
  -s SEARCH, --search SEARCH
                        search in APT cache with highlight
  --install-kpm         install KPM to system
  --force-upgrade       force replacing KPM with newest version