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aurto – Arch Linux AUR tool

aurto is an Arch Linux AUR tool for managing an auto-updating local ‘aurto’ package repository using aurutils.

This is free and open source software.

Features include:

  • Simple aurto add, aurto remove, aurto addpkg management of local aurto repo packages.
  • Automatic on startup & hourly update of aur packages in the aurto repo.
  • Automatic daily update of VCS, ie “*-git”, packages in the aurto repo.
  • Maintainer trust system: Package maintainers must be ok-ed before adding into, or auto-updating in, the aurto repo.
  • Uses makechrootpkg to build packages isolated from the main system.
  • Automatic removal of packages no longer in the AUR from the aurto repo.
  • Automatic removal of packages with unknown/distrusted maintainers from the aurto repo.

Website: github.com/alexheretic/aurto
Support:
Developer: Alex Butler
License: MIT License

aurutils is written in Shell and Rust. Learn Rust with our recommended free books and free tutorials.


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