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inkaur is a simple, lightweight, and fast AUR helper written in C. It provides a familiar pacman-like interface for managing packages from the Arch User Repository, focusing on minimalism and performance.

Features

• Sync (-S): Download, build, and install packages from the AUR.
• Search (-Ss): Search the AUR for packages using keywords.
• Info (-Si): View detailed information about a specific AUR package.
• Update (-Syu): Check and update all installed AUR packages.
• Remove (-R): Remove packages using pacman (supports -Rs, -Rns, etc.).
• Query (-Q): List and filter installed AUR packages (supports -Qe, -Qd, -Qdt, -Qq).
• Clean (-Sc): Clean the local build cache (supports -Scc for full removal).

Dependencies

To build and run inkaur, you need:

• libcurl: For AUR RPC API requests.
• libalpm: For local database and package management.
• git: For cloning AUR package repositories.
• base-devel: Required for building packages via makepkg.

Installation

git clone https://github.com/lvsantos/inkaur
cd inkaur
make
sudo make install

Usage

inkaur follows the same command structure as pacman.

Installing Packages

inkaur -S package_name

Searching

inkaur -Ss keyword

Updating the System (AUR only)

inkaur -Syu

Package Information

inkaur -Si package_name

Listing Installed AUR Packages

inkaur -Q      # List all
inkaur -Qe     # Explicitly installed
inkaur -Qdt    # Unused dependencies (orphans)

Removing Packages

inkaur -Rns package_name

Cleaning Cache

inkaur -Sc     # Remove built packages
inkaur -Scc    # Remove entire cache directory

Cache Location

The build cache is located at ~/.cache/inkaur.

License

MIT License.