Usage

See aurb --help for a full list of commands.

Quick Overview

Required options:

--download

Downloads a specified package and untars it

--search

Searches the AUR for a specified name or description

--upgrade

Searches the AUR for updates to foreign local packages

Optional options:

--no-color

Suppress colored output

--path

Override the default save path (defined as DlPath)

Other:

–version

Print version and exit

Installation

Quick and dirty:

# ruby setup.rb all

Or you can install it in ~/bin:

% ruby setup.rb config --bindir=$HOME/bin
% ruby setup.rb install

For more information about setup.rb, see ruby setup.rb --help.

If you prefer RubyGems:

% gem build aurb.gemspec
# gem install aurb-$VERSION.gem

(substitute $VERSION with aurb’s current version)

There is also a github gem available:

% gem sources -a http://gems.github.com/ (you only need to do this once)
# gem install gigamo-aurb

Dependencies

Aurb requires the ‘facets’, ‘json’ and ‘highline’ rubygems to be installed.

Facets for:

• Checking version numbers

• Coloring text

• Untarring

JSON for:

• Parsing the AUR

Highline for:

• Interactivity

Todo

• Automatically build (and install) the package after download?

• Add dependency checking/downloading?