jayvdb / mspac

An apt-like wrapper for AUR pacman

mspac

An apt-like wrapper for pacman.

Getting Started

In order to run this software, you need Python, it does not matter what version (provided it is updated enough), mspac will only run in Python 3.

Installation

You can (and you are encouraged to) use pip in order to retrieve the package from PyPI: sudo pip install mspac Then run it without arguments (mspac), to check the available options.

Alternately, just clone this repository and execute mspac/mspac_tool.py with the supported arguments.

Usage

mspac [-h] [operation [packages ...]]

Examples

Add '-f' or '--force' to force operations in case of errors.

Installing a package

The following command will install package1 and package2:

mspac install package1 package2

Removing a package

Remove package1 and package2:

mspac remove package1 package2

Updating the repositories

You can easily update the databases and upgrade all packages:

mspac update

Upgrading packages

Updates the databases, and upgrades all packages that are not up-to-date:

mspac upgrade

Syncing packages

Updates the repositories and then updates all packages that are not up-to-date:

mspac sync

Note: update, upgrade and sync are commands that obtain the same result.

Remove unused / orphan packages

Remove packages that are no longer needed in the system:

mspac autoremove