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AUR helper with apt-like syntax
must install <packages to install>
Uses git to clone the AUR repo for each package and runs makepkg against each PKGBUILD.
must remove <packages to remove>
Runs pacman -Rns for each provided package and removes any leftover AUR files from the filesystem.
must update
Uses git to download new PKGBUILDs from the AUR.
must upgrade
Runs makepkg -si against packages which are known to have an upgrade available. The upgrade list can be updated using must update.
To install Must, first clone the repository.
git clone https://github.com/BrenekH/must.gitThen change directory into the project folder.
cd mustFinally install using makepkg.
makepkg -sciNote: If you're unfamiliar with makepkg, "-sci" will install any required dependencies, clean up after itself and install the package when it is finished packaging using pacman -U.
Before building Must, I only used git, makepkg, and pacman to manage any software I used from the AUR.
I was fairly happy with my setup except for one pain point, updates.
Changing directory into each repository and running git pull was a very tedious process, especially when there were lots of updates to complete.
I first considered using a popular AUR helper such as yay but I decided that I really don't like the way pacman uses single-letter options as commands. I mean seriously, who thought that -Syu and -Syyu should do different things?*
Plus, I'm one of those crazy guys who likes to create their own tools rather than relying on someone else to build them for them.
This project is licensed under the GNU Public License version 3, a copy of which can found in the LICENSE file.
* Pacman is a very powerful and versatile tool, thanks in part to the single-letter commands. However, everyone has a right to like what they want, so while I prefer the subcommand structure of apt, I can't fault anyone for preferring the Pacman syntax. This project is just not for them.