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Getting Started With Malachite
Baby's first Malachite repository!
What you need to know
Malachite is:
- A pacman repository manager
- A workspace manager
Awesome
Malachite isn't:
- The end-all solution for all pacman repositories
- Perfect
With that out of the way
Hi! My name is Michal, I wrote this tool pretty much on my own for Crystal Linux, but it is not at all exclusive to Crystal. This tool should and will work on and for any pacman-based distribution (so long as it packages all of Malachite's dependencies, of course).
Throughout this tutorial I'll explain each little feature of Malachite in what I hope to be bite-sized and programmatic chunks.
Without further ado, let's begin with the first most important question
Modes
What mode are you using malachite in?
Currently malachite supports 2 modes:
Repository Mode
- Allows the user to configure and manage a remote (or local) pacman-based package repository
- Allows for customisability in repository name, signing preferences, signing key etc.
- Allows for basic levels of automation, by using features such as build_on_update
Workspace Mode
- The most basic functionality of Malachite
- Just clones git directories into a "Workspace" directory for easier management
- Allows for basic pulling operations to keep your repositories up-to-date
These modes essentially dictate everything about how Malachite functions, so much so that I now need to split this page off before it gets too long!
For more info, get started with the Common Features page!