pacwatch
A pacman wrapper which helps you watch important package updates. (by ouuan)
pikaur
AUR helper with minimal dependencies. Review PKGBUILDs all in once, next build them all without user interaction. (by actionless)
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| pacwatch | pikaur | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | 10 | |
| 25 | 832 | |
| - | - | |
| 5.7 | 9.1 | |
| about 2 months ago | 12 days ago | |
| Python | Python | |
| Apache License 2.0 | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
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.
pacwatch
Posts with mentions or reviews of pacwatch.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-01-05.
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Yay or Paru!!??
I type yay in the terminal to use pacwatch which invokes paru.
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What is a program that you use that's uncommon but essential for you?
I want to be aware of important package updates but don't want to read the whole update list, so https://github.com/ouuan/pacwatch.
- Show HN: Highlight package updates for Arch Linux
pikaur
Posts with mentions or reviews of pikaur.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-14.
- How do you guys manage AUR compilation?
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Using pikaur, how would I disable asking me "Do you want to edit PKGBUILD for <package_name> package? [Y/n]"
Have a look here. Did you not search for the answer? That's part of the Arch(based) ethos. We tend to like to learn by reading whatever is required. :)
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Nala v0.10.0 - Nala's A Legible Apt
I was also looking for something nicer for Arch, but haven't found anything as nice as Nala. For now, I switched to pikaur, which at least displays updates in a much clearer way.
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AUR helper
pikaur is a pretty great tool.
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I created a tool to install AUR packages in 1 click from the website: Aurin
Nice, but this definately needs a dependency resolver, otherwise it can only install a fraction of the available AUR packages. Since you're already using python, you may adapt your whole code on top a another python-based AUR helper like pikaur. You maybe also could take at the dep resolver of my ABS project. It's python, too, maybe not as clean as pikaur's code but simpler and not too integrated.
- Yay or Paru!!??
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Wholesome memes can be hard to not sound awkward
git clone https://github.com/actionless/pikaur.git python3 ./pikaur/pikaur.py -S pikaur
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True Arch user
pikaur!
- Which AUR-helper is recommended?
What are some alternatives?
When comparing pacwatch and pikaur you can also consider the following projects:
cdhist - Linux shell cd history.
paru - Feature packed AUR helper
buku - :bookmark: Personal mini-web in text
howdy - 🛡️ Windows Hello™ style facial authentication for Linux
frece - Maintain a database sorted by frecency (frequency + recency)
bauh - Graphical user interface for managing your Linux applications. Supports AppImage, Debian and Arch packages (including AUR), Flatpak, Snap and native Web applications
trizen - Lightweight AUR Package Manager
yay - Yet another Yogurt - An AUR Helper written in Go
snap-pac - Pacman hooks that use snapper to create pre/post btrfs snapshots like openSUSE's YaST
dotfiles - My dotfiles, utilizing 'pont', my dotmodule manager
bat - A cat(1) clone with wings.