How

which for your executables.

A Linux/MacOS CLI to discover which package manager installed a command.

Useful when updating, removing, or troubleshooting packages.

Usage

how <command>

Tells you which package managers installed <command>.

Example

$ how git
> git installed by apt

$ how starship
> starship installed by cargo
> starship installed by brew

Installation

You must have Rust installed. If you don't, you can install it with rustup.

Then, run:

cargo install --git https://github.com/danilofuchs/how.git

You also must have which installed.

Supported package managers

• apt
• Homebrew / Linuxbrew
• npm -g
• pip and pip3
• snap
• cargo
• asdf

Contributing

1. Install Rust
2. Clone this repository

To run the CLI:

cargo run <command>