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Amethyst
Amethyst is a fast, efficient and lightweight AUR helper and Pacman wrapper.
Made for Crystal, compatible with any Arch-based Linux distribution.
Basic usage
| Action | FreeBSD pkg-style alias | Pacman-style flags |
|---|---|---|
| Install a package | ame ins/install | ame -S |
| Remove a package | ame rm/remove | ame -R/-Rs |
| Upgrade a package | ame upg/upgrade | ame -Syu |
| Search for a package | ame sea | ame -Ss |
Exit codes overview
| Exit Code (i32) | Reason |
|---|---|
| 1 | Running ame as UID 0 / root |
| 2 | Failed adding package to database |
| 3 | Failed initialising database |
| 4 | Error creating cache and/or database paths |
| 5 | Could not find one or more required package dependencies |
| 6 | User cancelled package installation |
| 7 | Pacman error when installing package |
| 8 | Git error |
| 9 | makepkg error |
How to build:
Tested on latest Cargo (1.60.0-nightly)
Debug/development builds
cargo build
Optimised/release builds
cargo build --release
Pkg-warner included
cargo build (--release) --all --features=pkg-warner
TODO:
v3.3.0
Add clean functionMake flags globalAdd pacdiff function- Squash any remaining bugs
v3.4.0
- Implement some sort of spinner for longer operations
- Allow editing of PKGBUILDs before install
- Allow to choose provider of package
- Highlight optdepends at the end of an install operation