Archium - Fast & Easy Package Management for Arch Linux

Archium is a command-line tool for managing packages on Arch Linux, providing a simple interface for common package management tasks using yay or paru.

Features

• Update the system
• Install packages
• Remove packages
• Purge packages
• Clean cache
• Clean orphaned packages
• Search for packages

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/KeiranScript/archium.git
   cd archium

2. Compile the program:

   make

3. Install the binary to /usr/bin (requires root permissions):

   sudo make install

Usage

When you run archium, you will see the following prompt:

Welcome to Archium, type "h" for help
Archium $

You can then use the following commands:

• u [package] - Update the system or specific package
• i - Install packages
• r - Remove packages
• p - Purge packages
• c - Clean cache
• cc - clean build cache
• o - Clean orphaned packages
• lo - List orphaned packages
• s - Search for packages
• l - List installed packages
• ? - Display package information
• dt - Display package dependency tree
• cu - Check for updates
• h - Display help
• q - Quit the application

Example

To install a package, type i and follow the prompt:

$ i
Enter package name to install:

Command-Line Arguments

• --exec <command> - Execute a specific command without entering the interactive prompt. The <command> can be one of the following:

• u [package] - Update the system or specific package

• i - Install packages

• r - Remove packages

• p - Purge packages

• c - Clean cache

• cc - clean build cache

• o - Clean orphaned packages

• lo - List orphaned packages

• s - Search for packages

• l - List installed packages

• ? - Display package information

• dt - Display package dependency tree

• cu - Check for updates

• h - Display help

• q - Quit the application

  Example:

  archium --exec u

  This command will update the system directly from the command line. If you run archium --exec without specifying a command, you will be prompted to enter a command interactively.

• --version - Display the version information:

  archium --version

Dependencies

• gcc - GNU Compiler Collection

• yay or paru - AUR helpers for Arch Linux

• git - For installing yay if it is not already installed

• readline - A library for command-line input, probably preinstalled

• ncurses - A library for text-based user interfaces, probably preinstalled

Notes

Note

Archium uses yay by default, but if you only have paru installed it'll use it. If you have both and you want to use paru instead of yay create a file in $HOME called .archium-use-paru, and it will install paru instead of yay

touch $HOME/.archium-use-paru

Note

If Archium fails to upgrade to a newer version, try cleaning cache using your prefered AUR helper of choice and installing it again, example given below

 yay -Scc --noconfirm && yay -S archium --noconfirm

 paru -Scc --noconfirm && paru -S archium --noconfirm

License

This program is licensed under the GNU General Public License. See the LICENSE file for details.