ropery / pacmaria2

pacman package metalink generator and downloader.

Overview

pacmaria2 aims to boost package download speed by pulling files from multiple mirrors. pacmaria2 can be used to download packages faster, or to output a metalink file for later use.

Requirements

• pacmaria2 is written in BASH.
• aria2 is used to download files.
• reflector is used for the --r option.

Usage

USAGE: pacmaria2.sh [--d <directory>] [--p] [--r] <arguments>

OPTIONS:
  -h,--help       Print this message and exit.
  --d <directory> Download files to directory.
  --m <file>      Use file as mirrorlist file.
  --r             Run reflector to retrieve server list.
  --p             Print metalink to stdout and don't download.

NOTES:
  Arguments are passed to pacman in addition to -Sp.
  If no arguments are passed, -u is passed to pacman.

Examples

Download packages to current directory, then install with pacman.

$ pacmaria2 --r --d . sound-juicer && sudo pacman -S sound-juicer --cachedir .

Generate a metalink file and download later.

$ pacmaria2 --r --p k3b > k3b.metalink
$ aria2c --metalink-file=k3b.metalink

Notes

• Since there's no configuration file and few command line options, users are encourageed to modify the aria2c / reflector options in the script.
• By default, packages are downloaded to /var/cache/pacman/pkg/. Make sure you have write permission to it.
• If aria2c couldn't finish the download, you will get left-over .aria2 files and incomplete packages in your download directory.

See Also

• aria2c man page: aria2c(1)