muxitude

muxitude is a Rust TUI package manager for Termux, inspired by Debian aptitude.

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Description

aptitude does not run on Termux, so muxitude can be used as an alternative package manager for working with pkg/apt.

It is not a 1:1 reimplementation of aptitude, but it is already usable for daily flows:

• browse packages by groups/sections
• update package lists
• mark install/remove/hold/auto/manual actions
• review pending actions
• apply changes
• search (/, n, N)

Shortcuts

The shortcuts below follow aptitude-style behavior for the features currently implemented:

• u: update package list
• g: review/apply pending actions
• +: mark install
• -: mark remove
• :: keep/clear mark
• =: hold
• M: mark auto
• m: mark manual
• /: find
• n / N: next / previous search match

Build

cargo build --release

Binary:

./target/release/muxitude

Install

Option 1: Download prebuilt release assets (AArch64)

Download from GitHub Releases:

• muxitude-<version>-aarch64-linux-android.tar.gz (plain binary archive)
• muxitude_<version>_aarch64.deb (Termux/deb package)

For the tarball, extract and run:

tar -xzf muxitude-<version>-aarch64-linux-android.tar.gz
./muxitude

For the deb package on Termux:

apt install ./muxitude_<version>_aarch64.deb

Option 2: Install from crates.io

cargo install muxitude

Option 3: Install prebuilt binary with cargo-binstall

If you have cargo-binstall installed, you can install from GitHub release assets without compiling from source:

cargo binstall muxitude

Option 4: Install via npm (Termux aarch64)

The npm wrapper installs the prebuilt .deb release and lets pkg handle installation:

npm install -g muxitude

If your platform is not Termux on linux/arm64, it prints: "No prebuilt binaries available for your platform."

Optional section mapping merge

You can merge extra section mappings at runtime:

./muxitude --section-mappings-merge my-mappings.txt

Format:

package=section

Entries in the merge file override built-in mappings for the same package name.