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

🎀 NAME 🎀

okay so welcome to the alpm-repo-desc-create-v1(1) page from the General Commands Manual, bestie — this is the command that will Create a package repository desc version 1 file for you. The tool is alpm-repo-desc-create-v1, and its whole main-character job is making that desc v1 file. ✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

This is the exact shape, no cap — keep all the angle-bracket placeholders and square brackets exactly as they are:

alpm-repo-desc create v1 <--filename> <--name> <--base> <--version>
[--description] [--groups] <--csize> <--isize> <--sha256sum> [--url]
[--license] <--arch> <--builddate> <--packager> [--replaces]
[--conflicts] [--provides] [--depends] [--optdepends] [--makedepends]
[--checkdepends] <--md5sum> <--pgpsig> [-h|--help] [OUTPUT]

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Create a package repository desc version 1 file.

That’s the mission. That’s the vibe. It’s giving “one job, and it ate.” 💅

✨ OPTIONS ✨

Every option is about to get its moment, and a bunch of them can also come from environment variables — the env var names are exact, so please don’t freestyle them, okay? 🫶

• --filename <FILENAME> — The package file name. May also be specified with the ALPM_REPO_DESC_FILENAME environment variable.
• --name <NAME> — The package name. May also be specified with the ALPM_REPO_DESC_NAME environment variable.
• --base <BASE> — The name of the package base, from which this package originates. May also be specified with the ALPM_REPO_DESC_BASE environment variable.
• --version <VERSION> — The version of the package. May also be specified with the ALPM_REPO_DESC_VERSION environment variable.
• --description <DESCRIPTION> — The description of the package. May also be specified with the ALPM_REPO_DESC_DESC environment variable.
• --groups <GROUPS> — The groups this package belongs to. May also be specified with the ALPM_REPO_DESC_GROUPS environment variable.
• --csize <CSIZE> — The compressed size of the package in bytes. May also be specified with the ALPM_REPO_DESC_CSIZE environment variable.
• --isize <ISIZE> — The size of the uncompressed and unpacked package contents in bytes. May also be specified with the ALPM_REPO_DESC_ISIZE environment variable.
• --sha256sum <SHA256SUM> — The SHA256 checksum of the package file. May also be specified with the ALPM_REPO_DESC_SHA256SUM environment variable.
• --url <URL> — The optional URL associated with the package. May also be specified with the ALPM_REPO_DESC_URL environment variable.
• --license <LICENSE> — Set of licenses under which the package is distributed. May also be specified with the ALPM_REPO_DESC_LICENSE environment variable.
• --arch <ARCH> — The architecture of the package. May also be specified with the ALPM_REPO_DESC_ARCH environment variable.
• --builddate <BUILDDATE> — The date at which the build of the package started. May also be specified with the ALPM_REPO_DESC_BUILDDATE environment variable.
• --packager <PACKAGER> — The User ID of the entity that built the package. May also be specified with the ALPM_REPO_DESC_PACKAGER environment variable.
• --replaces <REPLACES> — Virtual components or packages that this package replaces upon installation. May also be specified with the ALPM_REPO_DESC_REPLACES environment variable.
• --conflicts <CONFLICTS> — Virtual components or packages that this package conflicts with. May also be specified with the ALPM_REPO_DESC_CONFLICTS environment variable.
• --provides <PROVIDES> — Virtual components or packages that this package provides. May also be specified with the ALPM_REPO_DESC_PROVIDES environment variable.
• --depends <DEPENDS> — Run-time dependencies required by the package. May also be specified with the ALPM_REPO_DESC_DEPENDS environment variable.
• --optdepends <OPTDEPENDS> — Optional dependencies that are not strictly required by the package. Note: uses comma as value delimiter. If you need optional dependencies with descriptions that contain commas, use multiple arguments with quoted values. May also be specified with the ALPM_REPO_DESC_OPTDEPENDS environment variable.
• --makedepends <MAKEDEPENDS> — Dependencies for building the upstream software of the package. May also be specified with the ALPM_REPO_DESC_MAKEDEPENDS environment variable.
• --checkdepends <CHECKDEPENDS> — A dependency for running tests of the package's upstream project. May also be specified with the ALPM_REPO_DESC_CHECKDEPENDS environment variable.
• --md5sum <MD5SUM> — The MD5 checksum of the package file. May also be specified with the ALPM_REPO_DESC_MD5SUM environment variable.
• --pgpsig <PGPSIG> — The base64-encoded OpenPGP detached signature of the package file. May also be specified with the ALPM_REPO_DESC_PGPSIG environment variable.
• -h, --help — Print help (see a summary with '-h').
• [OUTPUT] — The output file. May also be specified with the ALPM_REPO_DESC_OUTPUT_FILE environment variable.

okay that’s the whole page, bestie 🫶 — source/version: alpm-repo-desc-create-v1; manual: alpm-repo-desc-create-v1(1); date: the original footer doesn’t show one, so I’m not inventing one 😭💀.