1 .TH AUR.PKGLIST 1 2022-09-13 AURUTILS
3 aur\-pkglist \- retrieve AUR metadata archives
13 retrieves metadata archives from the AUR. This includes plain-text lists
14 of available package names
20 and JSON lists of all available metadata
21 .RB ( packages-meta-v1.json ,
22 .BR packages-meta-v1-ext.json ).
23 The JSON lists either match the output of
32 .BR \-b ", " \-\-pkgbase
34 .BR pkgbases.git/pkgbase.json .
37 .BR \-n ", " \-\-pkgname
39 .BR pkgnames.git/pkgname.json .
45 .BR users.git/users.json .
50 .BR metadata.git/pkgname.json .
54 Print the package list to standard output.
57 .BR \-F ", " \-\-fixed-strings
60 as a list of fixed strings, separated by newlines,
61 any of which is to be matched.
64 .BR \-P ", " \-\-perl\-regexp
67 as a Perl-compatible regular expression (PCRE).
69 .SS List retrieval options
71 .BR \-q ", " \-u ", " \-\-quiet
72 Update the package list and print its path to standard output.
75 .BR \-Q ", " \-\-systime
76 Use the system clock when verifying the list modification date (see
78 This option should only be used when the clock is synchronized, for example with
83 A positive integer specifying the delay in seconds for retrieving list upgrades with
85 A negative integer skips upgrades, regardless of
91 New lists are generated by the AUR every 10 to 15 minutes. Setting smaller
94 will thus not give any new results.
97 .BR \-v ", " \-\-verify
98 Verify checksums of the compressed list with
104 The URI of the AUR endpoint. Defaults to
105 .IR https://\:aur.archlinux.org .
108 .B GIT_HTTP_USER_AGENT
109 This variable is set to
113 The following threads provide more background on the AUR metadata archives:
115 .UR https://\:gitlab.archlinux.org/\:archlinux/\:aurweb/\:-/\:issues/\:172
116 RFC for new AUR Metadata Archives format + diffs
119 .UR https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/aur-general/2021-November/036659.html
120 [aur\-general] New AUR Metadata Archives
123 .UR https://\:lists.archlinux.org/\:pipermail/\:aur-dev/\:2016-May/\:004036.html
124 [aur\-dev] Making the package list more useful
135 .MT https://github.com/AladW
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