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In most cases packages installed from the AUR are not checked for updates by [[pacman]]; thus some helpers check the AUR for updates and automate the re-build process. However, keep in mind that a rebuild of an AUR package, or any other packages built and installed locally, may be required when shared libraries are updated, not just when the package is updated. | In most cases packages installed from the AUR are not checked for updates by [[pacman]]; thus some helpers check the AUR for updates and automate the re-build process. However, keep in mind that a rebuild of an AUR package, or any other packages built and installed locally, may be required when shared libraries are updated, not just when the package is updated. | ||
{{Warning|1=AUR contains user produced content, therefore AUR helpers that have fetch functionality are [https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=828310#p828310 forbidden] for inclusion in [[official repositories]]. You should become familiar with the [[Arch User Repository#Installing packages|manual build process]] first in order to be prepared to troubleshoot problems.}} | |||
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Revision as of 13:43, 13 September 2018
Note: Do not edit this article prior to discussion in Talk:AUR helpers.
AUR helpers automate certain tasks for using the Arch User Repository. Most helpers are designed to search for packages in AUR and fetch their PKGBUILDs, some additionally automate build and install process.
In most cases packages installed from the AUR are not checked for updates by pacman; thus some helpers check the AUR for updates and automate the re-build process. However, keep in mind that a rebuild of an AUR package, or any other packages built and installed locally, may be required when shared libraries are updated, not just when the package is updated.
Warning: AUR contains user produced content, therefore AUR helpers that have fetch functionality are forbidden for inclusion in official repositories. You should become familiar with the manual build process first in order to be prepared to troubleshoot problems.
Legend
The columns have the following meaning:
- File review: does not source the PKGBUILD at all by default; or, alerts the user and offers the opportunity to inspect the PKGBUILD manually before it is sourced. Some helpers are known to source PKGBUILDs before the user can inspect them, allowing malicious code to be executed. Optional means that there is a command line flag or configuration option to prevent the automatic sourcing before viewing.
- Diff view: ability to view package differences on inspection. Besides the PKGBUILD, this includes changes to files such as
.install
or.patch
files. - Git clone: uses git-clone(1) by default to retrieve build files from the AUR.
- Reliable parser: ability to handle complex packages by using the provided metadata (RPC/.SRCINFO) instead of PKGBUILD parsing, such as aws-cli-gitAUR.
- Reliable solver: ability to correctly solve and build complex dependency chains, such as ros-lunar-desktopAUR.
- Split packages: ability to correctly build and install:
- – Multiple packages from the same package base, without rebuilding or reinstalling multiple times, such as clionAUR
- – Split packages which depend on a package from the same package base, such as libc++AUR and libc++abiAUR.
- – Split packages independently, such as python-pyalsaaudioAUR and python2-pyalsaaudioAUR.
- Clean build: does not export new variables that can prevent a successful build process.
- Batch interaction: ability to prompt before the build process, in particular:
- Inspection of package files or their differences;
- Summary of package upgrades;
- Resolution of package conflicts and installations.
- An asterisk denotes functionality specifically enabled by the user.
- Shell completion: tab completion is available for the listed shells.
Note:
- Table rows are sorted by column values, where Yes or N/A take precedence over Partial or Optional and No, or alphabetically if values are equal.
- Optional means that a feature is available, but only through a command-line argument or configuration option. Partial means that a feature is not fully implemented, or that it partially deviates from the given criteria.
Fetch only
Name | Written in | File review | Git clone | Reliable parser | Reliable solver | Shell completion | Specificity |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
pbgetAUR | Python | Yes | Yes | Yes | – | – | – |
yaahAUR | Bash | Yes | Optional | Yes | – | bash | – |
auracle-gitAUR | C++ | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | – | print build order |
cowerAUR | C | Yes | No | Yes | – | bash, zsh | regex support, sort by votes/popularity |
repoctlAUR | Go | Yes | No | Yes | – | zsh | local repository support |
aurelAUR (discontinued) |
Emacs Lisp | Yes | No | Yes | – | – | Emacs integration |
Fetch and build
Name | Written in | File review | Diff view | Git clone | Reliable parser | Reliable solver | Split packages | Clean build | Batch interaction | Shell completion | Specificity |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
aurutilsAUR | Bash/C | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1 | zsh | vifm, local repository, package signing, clean chroot support, sort by votes/popularity |
bauerbillAUR | Python | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1 | bash, zsh | trust management, ABS support, extends powerpill, bb-wrapper for pacman wrapping
|
PKGBUILDerAUR | Python | Optional | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | 1* | – | automatic builds by default, use -F to disable; multilingual, pb-wrapper for pacman wrapping
|
naamanAUR | Python | Optional | No | Yes | Yes | Partial | Partial | Yes | 1* | bash | automatic builds by default, use --fetch to disable; use -d to enable the solver
|
repofishAUR | Bash | Optional | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | 1* | – | automatic builds by default, use check or update to disable; local repository support
|
aurgetAUR | Bash | Optional | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | – | bash, zsh | sort by votes |
spinachAUR (discontinued) |
Bash | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | – | – | – |
burgaurAUR (discontinued) |
Python/C | Optional | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | – | – | wrapper for cower |
Pacman wrappers
See also pacman/Tips and tricks#Pacman wrappers.
Warning: pacman(8) wrappers abstract the work of the package manager. They may (optionally or by default) introduce unsafe flags, or other unexpected behavior leading to a defective system.
Name | Written in | File review | Diff view | Git clone | Reliable parser | Reliable solver | Split packages | Clean build | Unsafe flags | Batch interaction | Shell completion | Specificity |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
yayAUR | Go | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | -Sy *--ask * |
1, 2*, 3* | bash, fish, zsh | fetch PGP keys, sort by votes/popularity, prompt architecture |
pakkuAUR | Nim | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | -Sy |
1 | bash, zsh | ABS support, AUR comments, fetch PGP keys |
pikaurAUR | Python | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | -Sy |
1, 2, 3 | bash, fish, zsh | dynamic users, multilingual, sort by votes/popularity, print news, ignore errors |
trizenAUR | Perl | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | -Ud * |
1* | bash, fish, zsh | automatic builds by default, use -G to disable; AUR comments
|
auraAUR | Haskell | Optional | Partial | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | – | 1* | bash, zsh | automatic builds by default, use --dryrun to disable; downgrade support, multilingual
|
aurmanAUR (no user support) |
Python | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | -Sy *--ask * |
1, 2*, 3* | bash, fish | fetch PGP keys, sort by votes/popularity, print news |
pacaurAUR (discontinued) |
Bash/C | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | -Ud --ask |
1, 3 | bash, zsh | multilingual, sort by votes/popularity |
wrapaurAUR (stalled) |
Bash | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | – | – | – | mirror updates, print news and AUR comments |
packer-aurAUR (stalled) |
Bash | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | – | – | – | – |
yaourtAUR (low activity) |
Bash/C | No | Optional | Optional | No | No | No | No | -Sy |
2 | bash, fish, zsh | ABS support, print AUR comments, multilingual |
Graphical
See also pacman/Tips and tricks#Graphical front-ends.
Warning:
- Graphical AUR helpers are typically aimed at Arch-based distributions. Their use in Arch Linux may lead to a defective system, for example through unattended partial upgrades.
- If a helper has known problematic behavior, it is colored with a red entry.
Name | Written in | GUI toolkit | Backend helper | Specificity | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
aarchupAUR | C | GTK+ 2 | auracle | update notifier | – |
argonAUR | Python | GTK+ 3 | auracle, pacaur | package manager, update notifier | – |
cylonAUR | Bash | TUI | auracle, trizen | package manager, update notifier | – |
kaluAUR | C | GTK+ 3 | – | update notifier | – |
pactrayAUR | Python | GTK+3 | auracle | update notifier | – |
pamac-aurAUR | Vala | GTK+ 3 | – | package manager, update notifier | uses libalpm(3) directly instead of wrapping pacman(8) |
pakku-guiAUR | Python | GTK+ 3 | pakku | package manager | – |
pkgbrowserAUR | Python | Qt 5 | – | browser for pacman database and AUR | – |
updatehintAUR | Bash | GTK+ 3 | auracle | update notifier | – |
octopiAUR | C++ | Qt 5 | trizen, pacaur, yaourt | package manager, update notifier | enabled on install notifier service regularly performs partial upgrades |
Libraries
- haskell-archlinux — Library to access the AUR and package metadata from the Haskell programming language.
- python3-aur — Python 3 modules for accessing AUR package information and automating AUR interactions.
Maintenance
- aur-out-of-date — Uses hoster APIs to check AUR packages for upstream changes.
- pkgbuild-watch — Looks for changes on the upstream web pages.
- pkgbuildup — Helps AUR package maintainers automatically update PKGBUILD files. Supports a template variable syntax.
- pkgoutofdate — Parses the source URL from PKGBUILDs and tries to find new versions of packages by incrementing the version number and sending requests to the web server.
Uploading
- aur4_import.sh — Splits a package from a git repository with multiple packages, adding/updating
.SRCINFO
for every commit - aur4_make_submodule.sh — Replaces a package in a bigger git repository with an AUR 4 submodule, including
.SRCINFO
- aurpublish — Helper script to manage and upload AUR packages using git-subtree(1). Uses githooks(5) to verify the PKGBUILD integrity, generate .SRCINFO automatically, and create a commit message template.