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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..297eafb --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +# pakku + +Pakku is a pacman wrapper with additional features, such as AUR support. + +## Description + +There are dozens of AUR helpers, but all of them have a fatal flaw: +I didn't write them! So I made another useless AUR helper. +Say hello to stillborn AUR helper written in stillborn programming language! + +Basically, pakku supports the following features: + +- Installing packages from AUR +- Building packages from official repositories +- Searching and querying AUR packages +- Reading comments for AUR packages +- Pacman integration + +In other words, it does the same things any AUR helper capable of. + +The following principles were the basis of the program: + +- Pacman-like user interface +- Pacman options support (`--asdeps`, `--needed`, etc) +- Pacman configuration support (output settings, ignored packages, etc) +- Download, ask all questions, and only after that start building +- No PKGBUILD sourcing + +## Examples + +- Build packages from sources: `pakku -S --build linux linux-headers` +- Query all "dependency islands": `pakku -Qdttt` |