alpm-db-desc-create-v1(1)

💅 NAME 💅

alpm-db-desc-create-v1 — bestie, this is the one that creates a DB desc version 1 file. That's it, that's the whole job, and it eats every time ✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

alpm-db-desc create v1 <--name> <--version> <--base> [--description]
[--url] <--arch> <--builddate> <--installdate> <--packager> <--size>
[--groups] [--reason] [--license] <--validation> [--replaces]
[--depends] [--optdepends] [--conflicts] [--provides] [-h|--help]
[OUTPUT]

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Okay so lowkey the whole personality of this command is one thing: it creates a DB desc version 1 file. No cap, that's the entire vibe. You feed it all the package metadata flags, it hands you back a lovely little desc file, and you go live your best life 🎀

✨ OPTIONS ✨

• --name <NAME> — the package name. Iconic. Essential. You can also pass it through the ALPM_DB_DESC_NAME environment variable instead, iykyk 💖
• --version <VERSION> — the package version. Also settable via the ALPM_DB_DESC_VERSION environment variable.
• --base <BASE> — the package base. Environment variable bestie: ALPM_DB_DESC_BASE.
• --description <DESCRIPTION> — the package description. If you don't give it one, it just uses an empty string, no drama. You can also set it with the ALPM_DB_DESC_DESC environment variable 🫶
• --url <URL> — the package URL. Also available via the ALPM_DB_DESC_URL environment variable.
• --arch <ARCH> — the package architecture. Also via the ALPM_DB_DESC_ARCH environment variable.
• --builddate <BUILDDATE> — the package build date. Also via the ALPM_DB_DESC_BUILDDATE environment variable ⭐
• --installdate <INSTALLDATE> — the package install date. Also via the ALPM_DB_DESC_INSTALLDATE environment variable.
• --packager <PACKAGER> — the packager. Also via the ALPM_DB_DESC_PACKAGER environment variable.
• --size <SIZE> — the installed size. Also via the ALPM_DB_DESC_SIZE environment variable.
• --groups <GROUPS> — the package groups. Also via the ALPM_DB_DESC_GROUPS environment variable 🌈
• --reason <REASON> — the package install reason. If it's unset, it assumes an install reason of "0" (explicitly installed), so basically the default is main-character energy. Also via the ALPM_DB_DESC_REASON environment variable.
• --license <LICENSE> — the package licenses. Also via the ALPM_DB_DESC_LICENSE environment variable.
• --validation <VALIDATION>... — the package validation methods. Also via the ALPM_DB_DESC_VALIDATION environment variable 👑
• --replaces <REPLACES> — the replaces. Also via the ALPM_DB_DESC_REPLACES environment variable.
• --depends <DEPENDS> — the dependencies. Also via the ALPM_DB_DESC_DEPENDS environment variable.
• --optdepends <OPTDEPENDS> — the optional dependencies. Heads up though: this one uses comma as value delimiter, which means optional dependency descriptions can't contain commas. Periodt. Also via the ALPM_DB_DESC_OPTDEPENDS environment variable 💀
• --conflicts <CONFLICTS> — the conflicts. Also via the ALPM_DB_DESC_CONFLICTS environment variable.
• --provides <PROVIDES> — the provides. Also via the ALPM_DB_DESC_PROVIDES environment variable.
• -h, --help — print help. Little tip: -h gives you the summary version, so it's the quick-vibe-check option 🙈
• [OUTPUT] — the output file (the positional one, sitting at the end like a queen). Also via the ALPM_DB_DESC_OUTPUT_FILE environment variable 🍓

ngl bestie, remember a bunch of these have both a flag and an ALPM_DB_DESC_* environment variable — pick whichever feels right for your setup, they're interchangeable 💜

And that's the whole page, fr fr 🌟 — signing off from alpm-db-desc-create-v1(1), living in the alpm-db-desc-create-v1 source, brought to you on the manual page date of alpm-db-desc-create-v1(1). Slay, go make some desc files 💅🎀