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doesn't that do all of them together, possibly making you install it multiple times ?
The idea is that only one will succeed. Look, it is a comic not a production-ready solution.
Ignoring you're right there are plenty of instances where a common name would carry over multiple install options.
What I'd rather is to allow two parameters. The tool should be included as well as the package so 'install apt openjdk' or ' install npm yarn'
Of course the problem then becomes a lot of these install apps have their own set of parameters.
Now I'm curious if anyone has written a universal installer.
I've been working on one for a minute but the best solution I've come up with is searching every package manager when search is invoked but otherwise requiring the package manager to be declared via
pkgman.packagefor installs/removes etc.