Arch Linux Custom Repository Manager

This program is intended to manage an Arch Linux custom repository hosted on a server accessible through rsync (for example, on a VPS or a NAS with a /path/to/www folder served over the web by a web server).

It works by synchronizing the remote repository on the local machine using rsync, and then mainly uses repo-add to manage this repository to finally synchronizing back to the remote server.

It requires to run on an Arch Linux distribution, and simply behaves as a wrapper around some common programs:

Global options

Commands

ls

List all the packages with their version in the repository.

acrm -H my_vps_or_nas -r /home/vps_user/path/to/my/repository ls

+------ repository ------+
| Package name | version |
+--------------+---------+
| acrm         | 0.1.1-1 |
+--------------+---------+

add

Add a package to the repository.

acrm -H my_vps_or_nas -r /home/vps_user/path/to/my/repository add -k gpg@example.com acrm-0.1.1-1-x86_64.pgk.tar.zst

The -k key_identifier option allows to specify the gpg key used to sign the package and the repository. If omitted, gpg will automatically choose a default one.

rm

Remove a package from the repository.

acrm -H my_vps_or_nas -r /home/vps_user/path/to/my/repository rm -k gpg@example.com acrm

dl

Download a package from the repository.

acrm -H my_vps_or_nas -r /home/vps_user/path/to/my/repository dl acrm