An Arch Linux AUR tool for managing an auto-updating local 'aurto' package repository using aurutils.
aurto add
, aurto remove
, aurto addpkg
management of local aurto repo packages.From a plain Arch install, first install aurutils from the aur (skip if already installed).
curl -L https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/snapshot/aurutils.tar.gz | tar xz
cd aurutils
gpg --recv-keys DBE7D3DD8C81D58D0A13D0E76BC26A17B9B7018A
makepkg -srci
Install aurto from the aur.
curl -L https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/snapshot/aurto.tar.gz | tar xz
cd aurto
makepkg -srci
Initialise the 'aurto' repo & systemd timers.
aurto init
Recommended: Add aurto to the 'aurto' repo to provide self updates.
aurto add aurto
You add aur packages to your local 'aurto' repo. This is different to installing them.
aurto add|addpkg|remove PACKAGES
Once added you can install them as normal with pacman.
The packages are automatically updated periodically,
you'll see aurto updates in the same way as other repos after a pacman -Syu
.
View current packages, logs & info.
aurto status
Add a directory full of built packages to the aurto repo
aurto addpkg $(find /path/to/packages/*pkg.tar*)
Show no-repo installed packages, these may have not been added to aurto yet or may have been automatically dropped from aurto because of maintainer change or removal from the AUR.
pacman -Qm
Rebuild all aur/no-repo packages into the aurto repo
aurto add $(pacman -Qqm)
aurto uses a system of maintainer trust for limited security. On adding packages with unknown maintainers you'll be asked whether you want to trust these maintainers.
$ aurto add spotify
aurto: Trust maintainer(s): AWhetter? [y/N]
If you don't say y the package is not added.
If any aurto repo packages change maintainer to an unknown user the packages will be removed from the aurto repo on the next update-aurto run. A warning will appear in the update-aurto logs
WARNING: Packages with unknown maintainers removed from aurto, ...
If desired such packages can be re-added and the new maintainers added to the local trusted users.
Local trusted users are stored in /etc/aurto/trusted-users
initially populated with the aurutils & aurto maintainers.
Clear /etc/aurto/trusted-users
to trust no-one.
Remove /etc/aurto/trusted-users
to trust everyone.
aurto builds packages in a chroot using /etc/aurto/makepkg-chroot.conf
& /etc/aurto/pacman-chroot.conf
.
These can be customized in the same way as the main makepkg.conf, pacman.conf, for example to change compression.
aurto can also be ran on docker to allow for installation on non Arch distros for hosting a aur repo, etc.
You can find the documentation on how to install it here.
aurto automatically builds and regularly re-builds updated remote code from the aur. Code is built in a clean chroot, but presumably will eventually be installed to your system. Take care trusting maintainers.
If aurto can't do what you want use aurutils directly.