pbget

2013-06-03 00:02 UTC
  • Xyne

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Description:

Retrieve PKGBUILDs and local source files from Git, ABS and the AUR for makepkg.

Latest Version:

2012.12.24

Architecture:

  • any

Dependencies:

  • python3

Optional Dependencies:

  • rsync: ABS tree support
  • python3-aur: AUR support
  • pyalpm: checking upgradable packages

Arch Repositories:

  • [xyne-any]
  • [xyne-i686]
  • [xyne-x86_64]

AUR ID:

23848

Arch Forum ID:

65276

Tags:

Help Message

$ pbget --help

usage: pbget [-h] [--abs] [--arch <architecture>] [--aur] [--aur-only]
             [--dir <path>] [--upgradable] [--testing]
             [<pkgname> [<pkgname> ...]]

Retrieve PKGBUILDs and local source files from ABS and the AUR for makepkg.

positional arguments:
  <pkgname>             The source packages to retrieve.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --abs                 Check the ABS tree instead of the Git interface.
                        (requires rsync)
  --arch <architecture>
                        Set the desired package architecture.
  --aur                 Search the AUR. (requires python3-aur)
  --aur-only            Only search the AUR. (requires python3-aur)
  --dir <path>          Set the output directory. (default: working directory)
  --upgradable          Search for all upgradable packages. (requires pyalpm
                        and python3-aur)
  --testing             Search the testing branches of the ABS tree.

optional dependencies:
  pyalpm                Required for determining upgradable packages.
  python3-aur           Required for interfacing with the AUR.
  rsync                 Required for retrieving ABS files.

CHANGELOG

2012-10-26

  • added Maintainer, NumVotes and LastModified to AUR output

2012-03-08

  • rewrote pbget in Python 3 to use the AUR module and pyalpm
  • the previous Bash version is still included in the source archive as pbget.sh, but it is not installed with the package and it is no longer maintained
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