Off topic but still helpful…
Like many devs I make use of a variety of open source software, package management tools, etc – all of which need to be updated on a regular basis to stay up-to-date with the most recent releases.
Rather than manage each one individually, a simple alias in your ~/.profile comes in very handy:
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| alias getuptodate='sudo port selfupdate; sudo port upgrade outdated; sudo port uninstall inactive; sudo gem update –system; sudo gem update; sudo npm update uglify-js -g; sudo pip freeze –local | grep -v '^\-e' | cut -d = -f 1 | xargs sudo pip install -U;' |
Notes:
- I haven’t been able to find a command to update all installed Node packages at once so I’m listing them individually for now.
- This assumes that npm is installed via MacPorts.
- Unfortunately this fails when pip freeze lists a package that can’t be installed from PyPI anymore.
Then you can simply invoke it like so…
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| $ getuptodate | |
| Password: | |
| —> Updating MacPorts base sources using rsync | |
| MacPorts base version 2.1.2 installed, | |
| MacPorts base version 2.1.2 downloaded. | |
| —> Updating the ports tree |
Of course if you need to handle specific versions of a port or gem individually, this won’t work for you. But if you just want to be current on everything, this will do the trick.
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