aurutils
Helper tools for the AUR. (by aurutils)
dotfiles
Custom dotfiles (powered by https://github.com/eli-schwartz/dotfiles.sh) (by eli-schwartz)
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For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
aurutils
Posts with mentions or reviews of aurutils.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-25.
- Is there a sudo related bug in makechrootpkg?
- AUR helper for maintaining a local repo
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How do you guys manage AUR compilation?
Currently I use aurutils, so that created packages are stored in an extra repository on the respective machine and can be installed through it.
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How/why do you use the AUR?
I currently use aurutils.
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[Request/Suggestion] Have 1 linux app with autoupdate instead of muliple packages
If I am not mistaken officially maintained packages follow the same initial process as AUR packages. You can read the wiki on Creating packages. But official packages are tested (there is a testing repository with the newest packages) where as the AUR package expects users to do the build and testing themselves, at their own risk in other words. With the helpers like glorious aurutils the process of keeping up-to-date dozens of packages (if you happen to be in a such a use case) with many dependencies is quite easy.
- Clyde - the AUR helper in Bash
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all dependencies in one package
You could use https://github.com/AladW/aurutils to create your own pacman repository on this USB drive. On your powerful PC you build the packages and they are placed in the repository on the USB drive. Then on your other machine you add the repository and install any AUR packages that you added to the repository from there. Dependency resolution would be handled by pacman itself just like for the normal repositories.
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AUR Helper Suggestions
aurutils
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yay -> takes ages -> password -> abort because I am not around -> goto 0
Check out aurutils, it is a collection of scripts that helps to streamline the process of maintaining a custom-repo for you aur packages. It takes a little to set everything up in the beginning (but it is less work then OPs method). After the initial setup everything just works.
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YAY or PARU ?
I have yay installed but I've also setup aurutils on my server that automatically builds a list of packages to a pacman repo every day so I can just update them with my other pacman packages. Saves time compiling them during updates and lets me upgrade the same packages on my desktop and laptop without having to needlessly build them twice.
dotfiles
Posts with mentions or reviews of dotfiles.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-04-07.
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Improving a custom repo
It's slow because makepkg lints the PKGBUILD every time. You can use libmakepkg instead (cf. https://github.com/AladW/aurutils/blob/master/lib/aur-build--pkglist or https://github.com/eli-schwartz/dotfiles/blob/master/bin/mksrcinfo)
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dotfiles help: automating encryption/decryption of sensitive info
https://github.com/eli-schwartz/dotfiles/blob/master/.config/nvchecker/nvchecker.toml#L4
What are some alternatives?
When comparing aurutils and dotfiles you can also consider the following projects:
aurch - Sets up aurutils inside a chroot for building Arch Linux AUR packages.
pkgs - my archlinux packaging station and private repo
trizen - Lightweight AUR Package Manager
paru - Feature packed AUR helper
kernel-modules-hook - Keeps your Arch Linux fully functional after a kernel upgrade
docker-archlinux-aur - The Official Arch Linux Docker image after installing an AUR helper.
pkgstats.archlinux.de - Arch Linux package statistics website
arch-upgrade - Convenience script/app to upgrade your Arch Linux system
yay_bot - a reddit bot that thinks its funny to interpret the phrase "yay" as the Arch GNU/Linux utility used to install packages
pacom - Pacom - the Pacman Companion
pacellman - Pac-Man in Excel