aurroamer

aurroamer is a terminal-based browser for AUR and official arch repo packages

features

• browse both AUR and official packages
• interactive menu powered by fzf
• AUR helper integration, yay, paru, etc.
• multi-select with bulk install
• favorites system
• optional post-install hooks
• ignored system
• group system to have groups ready to bulk install or manage
• snapshot system for backups of all explicitly installed packages

requirements

• bash
• pacman
• fzf
• an AUR helper (yay, paru, etc.) for AUR support

installation

you can either use your favorite aur helper, e.g. yay:

yay -S aurroamer

or clone and install it manually

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/aurroamer.git
cd aurroamer
makepkg -si

usage

for basic usage instructions, run

aurroamer --help

notes

this is 900+ lines of bash and expanding, and it still works (as far as i know) no, i cant tell you why i made this in bash of all things refrain from looking too closely

stability notice

version 3.0.0-5 is feature complete and mostly stable, unless upstream changes force updates (same with reproducible bugs not found yet), this version is considered mostly frozen, contributions or patches welcome, but sanity is not guaranteed