pacman-hacks | Scripts to complement package management with pacman

pacman-hacks is a Shell library. pacman-hacks has no bugs, it has no vulnerabilities, it has a Strong Copyleft License and it has low support. You can download it from GitLab.

pacman-hacks - scripts to complement package management with pacman by ayekat. these scripts provide handy commands for various smaller and larger tasks related to maintaining a pacman-based system like arch linux. the following scripts are provided in this repository: · abs: fetch pkgbuild repositories for core, extra and community packages · aur (deprecated): fetch pkgbuild repositories from the aur · checkrestart: list running processes that use inexistent/outdated libraries · diffrepo: list version differences between packages in multiple repositories · fetchpkg: download a package from the next available mirror · metapkg: build meta-packages from compact rule files · makemetapkg: wrapper around metapkg to build meta-packages (metapkgbuild) · pacred: list explicitly installed packages required by other packages · pkgmirror: list mirror download urls for a package · remakepkg: wrapper around fetchpkg and repkg to modify packages (repkgbuild) · repkg: apply modifications to built packages · zr: manage personal remote package repositories. commonly used code elements are split out into snippets (under scripts/lib): · lib/basedir.sh defines xdg base directory specification variables. required by: zr, metapkg · lib/environment.sh defines generic environment variables. required by: lib/basedir.sh · lib/error.sh defines error codes and utilities (including die). required by: diffrepo, fetchpkg, makemetapkg, metapkg, pkgmirror, remakepkg, repkg, zr,