# el-get Adds a Package Listing and Management Interface

DevFeed: [el-get Adds a Package Listing and Management Interface](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/el-get-list-packages-34437.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://tapoueh.org/blog/2011/08/el-get-list-packages/>)

Author: Dimitri Fontaine PostgreSQL Major Contributor; Author

Published: 2011-08-18T16:10:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Dimitri Fontaine](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/dimitri-fontaine.md>)

Topics: [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>), [Users](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/users.md>), [implementation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/implementation.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>)

Tags: [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [implementation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/implementation.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>), [users](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/users.md>)

## AI overview

The article discusses an implementation for el-get that provides a package listing with descriptions and a major mode for selecting packages to install, remove, and update. It also describes adding descriptions for nearly all included recipes.

## Source excerpt

From the first days of el-get is was quite clear for me that we would reach a point where users would want a nice listing including descriptions of the packages, and a major mode allowing you to select packages to install, remove and update. It was also quite clear that I was not much interested into doing it myself, even if I would appreciate having it done. Well, the joy of Open Source & Free Software (pick your own poison). jglee1027 is this GitHub guy who did offer an implementation of said facility, and who added descriptions for almost all of the now 402 recipes that we have included with el-get.