ALPM-REPO-NAME(7)

💖 NAME 💖

Okay so this is alpm-repo-name(7), straight out of the Miscellaneous Information Manual, and it’s giving names for Arch Linux Package Management (ALPM) based package repositories 💅. Basically: the naming vibe check for ALPM repos, bestie.

alpm-repo-name — names for Arch Linux Package Management (ALPM) based package repositories.

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

The alpm-repo-name format specifies names for ALPM based package repositories. It’s used in configuration files for package management software (e.g. pacman.conf for pacman) and in alpm-repo-database file names.

A repository name serves as identifier for package management software and allows it to download and address alpm-repo-database files. No cap, it’s the repo’s little name tag 🫶.

🎀 Format 🎀

The alpm-repo-name value may be a UTF-8 string that is at least one character long. It must not contain the characters /, ?, !, or the newline character, and it must not start with the - character. Those are the rules, and they are not optional ✨.

🦋 EXAMPLES 🦋

The example is literally repo-name — short, sweet, iconic. Periodt 💖.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• pacman.conf(5)
• alpm-package-name(7)
• alpm-repo(7)
• alpm-repo-db(7)
• pacman(8)
• repo-add(8)

Footer sign-off: section 7 of the Miscellaneous Information Manual — that’s the whole footer vibe, bestie, no extra source/version/date line to report, and I’m lowkey obsessed with the minimalism 🎀💅✨