# package-utils

**Repository Path**: mirrors_Silex/package-utils

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: package-utils
- **Description**: Interactive extensions for package.el
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: Not specified
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2023-02-27
- **Last Updated**: 2026-05-10

## Categories & Tags

**Categories**: Uncategorized

**Tags**: None

## README

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# Package Utils

Interactive extensions for `package.el`

## Installation

The recommended way to install package-utils is through MELPA.

Otherwise, simply add `package-utils.el` to your load-path and then `(require 'package-utils)`.

## Overview

The following interactive functions are available:

* <kbd>M-x package-utils-upgrade-all</kbd>

  Upgrades all packages that can be upgraded (prefix argument: do no refresh packages).

* <kbd>M-x package-utils-upgrade-all-and-recompile</kbd>

  Upgrades all packages that can be upgraded and re-compiles byte-code for all packages
  (prefix argument: do no refresh packages).

  This is prevents generated byte-code using definitions from old in-memory packages.

* <kbd>M-x package-utils-upgrade-all-and-quit</kbd>

  Upgrades all packages that can be upgraded and quit Emacs (prefix argument: do no refresh packages).

* <kbd>M-x package-utils-upgrade-all-and-restart</kbd>

  Upgrades all packages that can be upgraded and restarts Emacs (prefix argument: do no refresh packages).

* <kbd>M-x package-utils-upgrade-all-no-fetch</kbd>

  Upgrades all packages that can be upgraded without refreshing the packages list.

* <kbd>M-x package-utils-upgrade-by-name</kbd>

  Upgrades an installed package by name (prefix argument: do not refresh packages).

* <kbd>M-x package-utils-upgrade-by-name-no-fetch</kbd>

  Upgrades an installed package by name without refreshing the packages list.

* <kbd>M-x package-utils-remove-by-name</kbd>

  Removes an installed package by name.

* <kbd>M-x package-utils-list-upgrades</kbd>

  List all packages that can be upgraded (prefix argument: do no refresh packages).

## Contributions welcome!

Either as suggestions or as pull requests by opening tickets on the
[issue tracker](https://github.com/Silex/package-utils/issues).