Manually manage apt-get packages

mapt.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Information is stored in ~/.packages
# Usage: install [-a|--as filename] packages
#        uninstall filename | packages
 
install() {
  mkdir -p ~/.packages
  as=
  force=
  set -- `getopt -l as: a:f $@`
  set -- `echo $@ | tr -d "'"`
  for arg
  do
    case "$arg"
    in
      -a|--as) as="$2"; shift; shift;;
      -f) force=-f; shift;;
      --) shift; break;;
    esac
  done
  set -- `echo $@ | tr -d "'"`
  for package
  do
    if [ -z "$as" ]
    then
      filename="$package"
    else
      filename="$as"
    fi
    log=~/".packages/${filename}"
    if [[ ! -f "$log" || -n "$as" ]]
    then
      packages=`apt-get -s install "$force" "$package" | grep '^Inst' | cut -d' ' -f2`
      if [ "$packages" != '' ]
      then
        echo "$packages" >> "$log"
      fi
    fi
  done
  sudo apt-get install "$force" $@
}

uninstall() {
  for package
  do
    log=~/".packages/${package}"
    if [ -f "$log" ]
    then
      packages=`cat "$log" | tr '\n' ' '`
      sudo apt-get purge $packages
    else
      sudo apt-get --purge autoremove "$package"
    fi
    rm -f "$log"
  done
}