A Python library to be able to handle pacman package manager from Python

You can quickly add or update in to your project running this command in the folder wherever it is

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Tom5521/PY-pacman/master/packarch.py

Or can install it using this command pip install py-packarch

To update the library use pip install py-packarch --upgrade or the function upgrade_me()

You can import it in a more comfortable way by writing import packarch as pacman at the top of the file

Functions:

Version

print version of this library with packarch.version()

Manual

Go to this page whith packarch.manual()

Check

Check if the package entered is installed

returning the True value if it is affirmative

check = packarch.check("spotify")
print(check)

>>>True

You can check several packages by separating them by spaces

Install

Install the packages or in the entry of the function

packarch.install("wine-stable neovim")

If you want to install more than one package you can separate through spaces You can add more arguments after packages as I would do with Pacman

packarch.install("vim --needed")

If you want to show the exit you can put the condition ,"-v" Something like that:

packarch.install("wine","-v")

If you want to add more arguments to that you will have to do something like that

packarch.install("wine","-v","--needed")

Update

It serves to update the repositories

packarch.update()

Aur.Install

It serves to install packages from the AUR

packarch.aur.install("visual-studio-code-bin")

You can put several apps to be installed for example

packarch.aur.install("lutris wine proton vim")

The apps to be installed must be separated by spaces

Conditions:

• h It serves to hide any text output
• f It serves to force installation Both conditions are combinable regardless of order The syntax of conditions is more or less like that:

packarch.aur.install("visual-studio-code-bin","h")
                                               ^-It can also be f or be together regardless of order

Aur.Manager

This option is to install from the AUR but with a manager like Yay or Paru

Your syntax is something like that :

packarch.aur.manager("paru","vim base-devel","-v")
                      ^        ^             ^-Condition
                      |        |-Packages to be installed     
                      |-AUR manager 

• Compatible package managers: -yay -pikaur -paru -pacman(It is recommended to use packarch.install()) -Any other that has a syntax similar to the above Condiciones: "-v" It is used to see the terminal output (recommended to see errors) "-s" It serves to get a selector for example when you put yay <package> It is only compatible with the managers who have this function
• Upgrade

It serves to update the system and tabien can add arguments such as packarch.install()

packarch.upgrade()

It also has the function to see what it does in the console adding the condition "-v", if it places the aforementioned function, if you want to add to that pacman conditions have to do it as shown forward

packarch.upgrade("-v","--needed --noconfirm")

You can also put conditions as it does in pacman

Remove

It serves to erase packages its syntax is following

packarch.remove("Package1 Package2","vf")
                   ^         ^      ^-Condition to execute 
                   |---------packages to remove

Conditions:

• "f" It serves to force the deletion of a program regardless of what apps depend on it
• "v" It serves to see pacman exit Conditions can be combined regardless of order

Verbose

What it does is that the exit of the console is seen to the functions of the library

Functions:

• verbose.all() makes all installation operations show their output on console
• verbose.aur() makes all operations regarding the AURs show their exit in console
• verbose.pacman() makes all installation operations of packarch.install are shown in the console
• verbose.quit_clear Remove the terminal cleaning

An example of syntax

packarch.aur.install("wine") #Does not show output on the console

packarch.verbose.aur()
packarch.aur.install("grapejuice") #This you see if it shows the exit on the console
#It is used in the same way with its other functions previously explained

Get List

An example of its syntax

packarch.get_list("package names","condition")

Conditions

• o search in repositories
• l search locally
• Above conditions + e :Take out a description of the package depending on the first condition

Aur Clone

It serves to clone a package from the aur

An example of its syntax:

packarch.aur.clone("lutris neovim-git","/home/tom","i")
                   î        î        î-Condition
                   |        |-Route where you are going to clone, if this empty will clone in /tmp
                   |-Attack package to clone

You can clone many repositories on the same route by putting the name in the Aur followed by a space

Conditions

• i It serves so that after the package is clone it is installed immediately
• f It serves that if the package is already cloned and clone again
• c It serves to execute a command in the folder where it is cloned It is used like this:

  packarch.aur.clone("lutris","/tmp","c","sudo pacman -Syu")
                                      ^       ^-The command that will be executed
                                      |-The condition
  

Both conditions are combinable regardless of order

Clone

It is the same as the above but it serves to clone any repository

An example of its syntax:

packarch.clone("https://github.com/Tom5521/PY-PackArch.git","/tmp","fi")

You can clone several repositories on the same route separating the URLs by spaces

Conditions

• i It serves so that after the package is clone it is installed immediately ,It only serves if it is installable with MakePkg
• f It serves that if the package is already cloned and clone again
• c It serves to execute a command in the folder where it is cloned It is used like this:

  packarch.clone("https://github.com/Tom5521/PY-PackArch.git","/tmp","c","sudo pacman -Syu")
                                                                      ^       ^-The command that will be executed
                                                                      |-The condition
  

Info

Print information about a package

packarch.info("lutris")

Exit:

Repositorio               : community
Nombre                    : lutris
Versión                   : 0.5.12-2
Descripción               : Open Gaming Platform
Arquitectura              : any
URL                       : https://lutris.net
Licencias                 : GPL3
Grupos                    : Nada
Provee                    : Nada
Depende de                : cabextract  curl  glib2  gnome-desktop  gtk3  mesa-utils  p7zip  psmisc  python-certifi
                            python-dbus  python-distro  python-evdev  python-gobject  python-lxml  python-pillow
                            python-requests  python-yaml  unzip  webkit2gtk  xorg-xrandr
Dependencias opcionales   : gamemode: Allows games to request a temporary set of optimisations
                            gvfs: GVFS backend
                            innoextract: Extract Inno Setup installers
                            lib32-gamemode: Allows games to request a temporary set of optimisations
                            lib32-vkd3d: Vulkan 3D support
                            lib32-vulkan-icd-loader: Vulkan support
                            vkd3d: Vulkan 3D support
                            vulkan-icd-loader: Vulkan support
                            wine: Windows support
                            xorg-xgamma: Restore gamma on game exit
En conflicto con          : Nada
Remplaza a                : Nada
Tamaño de la descarga     : 745,27 KiB
Tamaño de la instalación  : 2806,23 KiB
Encargado                 : Maxime Gauduin <alucryd@archlinux.org>
Fecha de creación         : mié 07 dic 2022 13:30:26
Validado por              : Suma MD5  Suma SHA-256  Firma

Get version

An example of its syntax:

packarch.get_version("lutris wine nano")

Exit:

lutris is in version 0.5.12-2
wine is in version 8.3-1
nano is in version 7.2-1

Conditions: h It only shows the version without the name of the package sintaxis:

packarch.get_version("lutris wine nano","h")

Exit:

0.5.12-2
8.3-1
7.2-1

Adding some extra data:

This project was created as a dipurcation of my other project named Arch-App-Installer And this project will apparently take its own path since the packarch.py of the project mentioned above will stay in version 1.0.0 for syntax issues or maybe take your own course adapting to that project For now that's all

PD:

I still without ideas