ALPM-PACKAGE-NAME(7)

📦 version 0.13.0, in arch rolling

🎀 NAME 🎀

okay so bestie, this is ALPM-PACKAGE-NAME(7) from the Miscellaneous Information Manual — the page all about package name and virtual component names for ALPM based packages. 💅

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

The package name format is the whole vibe for package names and component names for ALPM based packages. It shows up in build scripts or in file formats for package metadata — like PKGBUILD, PKGINFO, SRCINFO, alpm-repo-desc, or alpm-lib-desc — where it describes package names, component names, and package relations. 🦋

Most of the time it’s describing packages that already exist, but ngl it can also name entirely virtual components. A virtual component gets specified implicitly using an alpm-package-relation. iykyk. 👑

The value has to be covered by the set of alphanumeric characters and @, ., _, +, -. But hard no: it must not start with - or . (e.g. example is valid). Periodt. 💖

lowkey important: that “must not start with - or .” bit is not a suggestion, bestie — it’s the rule. 🫶

🌸 EXAMPLES 🌸

"package-name"

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

with love from the Miscellaneous Information Manual, section (7) — mwah 💋

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