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| # Syntactic sugar for pacman | |
| # | |
| function print_pcm_usage | |
| set blue ( set_color blue ) | |
| set green ( set_color green ) | |
| set bold ( set_color --bold ) | |
| set normal ( set_color normal ) | |
| echo "$blue | |
| Usage:$normal | |
| —————— | |
| pcm is a wrapper for pacman, the Arch package manager. Only basic operations are implemented | |
| but you can pass extra arguments which will be passed to pacman. | |
| For more advanced needs, check out `man pacman` or | |
| https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman/Tips_and_tricks#Listing_packages. | |
| $blue | |
| Command Explanation pacman equivalent$normal | |
| ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— | |
| $bold pcm $normal Show this message | |
| $bold pcm install $normal"$green"package"$normal" Update cache and Install the given package -S "$green"package"$normal" | |
| $bold pcm remove $normal"$green"package"$normal" Remove the given package + deps that are orphaned -Rs "$green"package"$normal" | |
| $bold pcm update $normal Update the package cache -Sy | |
| $bold pcm upgrade $normal Upgrade all packages -Syu | |
| $bold pcm clean $normal Autoremove orphaned dependencies pacman -Rns (pacman -Qtdq) | |
| $bold pcm show $normal Show information on all packages -Qi | |
| $bold pcm show $normal"$green"package"$normal" Show information on the given package -Qi "$green"package"$normal" | |
| $bold pcm show sizes $normal Show the size of all packages -Qi"$blue"[1]$normal | |
| $bold pcm search $normal"$green"regex"$normal" Search in package names and descriptions -Ss "$green"string"$normal" | |
| $bold pcm list installed $normal List installed packages -Q | |
| $bold pcm list orphans $normal List lingering dependencies -Qtdq | |
| $bold pcm list installed manually $normal List explicitly installed packages -Qe | |
| $bold pcm list installed aur $normal List installed from AUR -Qm | |
| $bold pcm list depends $normal"$green"package"$normal" List dependencies"$blue"[2]$normal pactree -u | |
| $bold pcm list revdepends $normal"$green"package"$normal" List reverse dependencies"$blue"[2]$normal pactree -ru | |
| $bold pcm list files $normal"$green"package"$normal" List all the files in given package pacman --query --list "$green"package"$normal" | |
| $bold pcm who owns $normal"$green" file"$normal" Search which package provides a certain file"$blue"[3]$normal pkgfile --search --regex --ignorecase "$green"file"$normal" | |
| $bold pcm verify files $normal Verify the md5 hash of all files from packages"$blue"[4]$normal paccheck --md5sum --quiet | |
| $bold pcm verify files $normal"$green"package"$normal" Verify the md5 hash of all files from a given package"$blue"[4]$normal paccheck --md5sum --quiet "$green"package"$normal" | |
| "$blue"[1]$normal pacman -Qi | awk '/^Name/{name=$3} /^Installed Size/{print $4$5, name}' | sort -h | |
| "$blue"[2]$normal requires installation of "$green"pacman-contrib"$normal" | |
| "$blue"[3]$normal requires installation of "$green"pkgfile"$normal" | |
| "$blue"[4]$normal requires installation of "$green"pacutils"$normal" | |
| " | |
| end | |
| function pcm --description "A wrapper around pacman to make it usable for humans. Type pcm without arguments for documentation." | |
| # Make sure we can test $argv without having to verify it's length first | |
| # | |
| set args $argv dummy dummy dummy dummy dummy | |
| switch $args[ 1 ] | |
| # No arguments where provided | |
| # | |
| case dummy help --help -h | |
| print_pcm_usage | |
| case update; set --erase argv[ 1 ] | |
| yn pacman --sync --refresh $argv | |
| case upgrade; set --erase argv[ 1 ] | |
| yn pacman --sync --refresh --sysupgrade $argv | |
| case install; set --erase argv[ 1 ] | |
| yn pacman --sync $argv | |
| case remove; set --erase argv[ 1 ] | |
| yn pacman --remove --recursive $argv | |
| case search; set --erase argv[ 1 ] | |
| pacman --sync --search $argv | |
| case clean; set --erase argv[ 1 ] | |
| set orphans (pcm list orphans) | |
| if test (count $orphans) -gt 0; pacman --remove --nosave --recursive $orphans | |
| else; echo "No orphans to clean up" | |
| end | |
| case who; set --erase argv[ 1 ] | |
| if test $args[ 2 ] = owns; set --erase argv[ 1 ] | |
| pkgfile --search --regex --ignorecase $argv | |
| else; pcm; end | |
| case list; set --erase argv[ 1 ] | |
| if test "$args[ 2..3 ]" = 'installed manually'; set --erase argv[ 1..2 ] | |
| pacman --query --explicit $argv | |
| else if test "$args[ 2..3 ]" = 'installed aur'; set --erase argv[ 1..2 ] | |
| pacman --query --foreign $argv | |
| else if test $args[ 2 ] = installed; set --erase argv[ 1 ] | |
| pacman --query $argv | |
| else if test $args[ 2 ] = orphans; set --erase argv[ 1 ] | |
| pacman --query --unrequired --deps --quiet | |
| else if test $args[ 2 ] = files; set --erase argv[ 1 ] | |
| pacman --query --list $argv | |
| else if test $args[ 2 ] = deps; set --erase argv[ 1 ] | |
| pactree --unique $argv | |
| else if test $args[ 2 ] = revdeps; set --erase argv[ 1 ] | |
| pactree --reverse --unique $argv | |
| else if test "$args[ 2..3 ]" = 'manually installed'; set --erase argv[ 1..2 ] | |
| pacman --query --explicit $argv | |
| else; pcm; end | |
| case show; set --erase argv[ 1 ] | |
| if test $args[ 2 ] = sizes; set --erase argv[ 1 ] | |
| pacman --query --info | awk '/^Name/{name=$3} /^Installed Size/{print $4$5, name}' | sort -h | |
| else | |
| pacman --query --info $argv | |
| end | |
| case verify; set --erase argv[ 1 ] | |
| if test $args[ 2 ] = files; set --erase argv[ 1 ] | |
| echo "This might take awhile..." | |
| paccheck --md5sum --quiet $argv | |
| else; pcm; end | |
| # Unknown arguments, forward to pacman | |
| # | |
| case '*' | |
| yn pacman $argv | |
| end | |
| end | |
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