Pacmenu (with DB and Rollback)

rasat · 2005-04-07 15:27:34

That's true with sql file. The "pkg2db -n" does it with the categories and is faster than "-d" doing "while read LINE; do sqlite..."

Dreameen · 2005-04-07 19:11:09

rasat wrote:

In 2.1 there will be no need for refresh. The database will be updated after each -Sy/Syu.

Oh, that'd be ultra cool. Although I believe that such an update of database with each update of packages will take as long as REFRESH itself, if not longer.

I don't know if there is a way to speed it up...the ultimate solution would be if pacman moved to a db based system, but this won't happen in the near future I think. :?

rasat · 2005-04-08 04:26:58

Dreameen wrote:

...I believe that such an update of database with each update of packages will take as long as REFRESH itself, if not longer.

Good point. It will take time if comparing a list of all packages what're new. This needs to be studied if possible to echo/grep the process of -Sy what're new only. -Syu does it.

Any idea how to?

EDIT
Anyone who is interested to develop pacmenu, is welcome. I am looking forward to make it into a practical/interesting tool.

rasat · 2005-04-10 17:59:44

pacmenu-2.1 is uploaded.

Apr 11, 2005 (ver. 2.1)
- Doesn't require to refresh DB except when new pkgs in repos.
- Sql file for inserting package description.
- Moved database (pacmenu.db) to /var/lib/pacmenu/
- Includes "Pacakge Dependency Tree" (/usr/sbin/deptree), by skoal
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=10283

Download
http://user-contributions.org/projects/pacmenu/pkg/
Mani Menu screenshot:
http://user-contributions.org/projects/ … n-menu.jpg

rasat · 2005-04-13 09:24:31

Uploade version 2.1.1

Apr 12, 2005 (ver. 2.1.1)
- Updating installed packages in DB after each new install
or removed package(s).

Its recommended to refresh the DB if earlier new packages were installed or removed.

scarecrow · 2005-04-19 18:56:19

ATM the database fails to refresh (download failed message), I think it's an ftp.archlinux.org problem, as it was giving me strange errors before (like "anonymous login failed").

cactus · 2005-04-19 19:17:13

scarecrow wrote:

ATM the database fails to refresh (download failed message), I think it's an ftp.archlinux.org problem, as it was giving me strange errors before (like "anonymous login failed").

http://www.archlinux.org/~jason/newslet … html#forum

pixel · 2005-04-24 12:17:22

What about adding to pacmenu this dependency list script created by spider007 which is much faster than the one created by skoal

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … pacmandeps

just a suggestion, or this version has been already implemented?

rasat · 2005-05-17 13:13:31

pixel wrote:

What about adding to pacmenu this dependency list script created by spider007...

It works nicely. I will replace skoal version with this in ver. 2.2. May also include a roll-back Pajaro was mentioning:
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?p=81449#81449

rasat · 2005-05-18 13:25:57

pacmenu 2.2 uploaded.
http://user-contributions.org/projects/pacmenu/pkg/

May 19, 2005 (ver. 2.2) - Rasat
- Package rollback feature is included.
- Replaced skoal's "Pacake Dependency Tree" with Spider.007's
"pacmanDeps" - recursive package dependency viewer
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=10339
- Few bug fixes.

T-Dawg · 2005-05-23 02:44:23

When I do a SYNCPKG (after updating the DB) I get this every time:

Updating new in repos and version numbers...
diff: /var/lib/pacmenu/package.new: No such file or directory

the rollback feature gave me an error on line 475 I think, complaining about W3m, then the menu gets caught in a loop. Probably all related though.... I used the PKGBUILD and *.install.

dtw · 2005-05-24 05:43:33

rasat - how about the script i wrote that lists all packages from a particular repository - good for checking what you have from people's personal repos - see here:

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … 383e6b9a49

rasat · 2005-05-24 13:47:07

I will take a look at it.

ravster · 2005-05-24 22:30:00

I can't access the 'Remove by category' menu. It says the Category Template file does not exist. It always asks me to get the file from the Archlinux ftp site on starting the program, and I say yes, but it doesn't seem to do anything (I say this because there does not seem to be a pause when I say yes and when I am shown the main menu).
I am able to Install by category, though.
This is the first time I'm using this, so it is probable I'm missing something.
ravster.

T-Dawg · 2005-05-25 00:20:05

ravster wrote:

I can't access the 'Remove by category' menu. It says the Category Template file does not exist. It always asks me to get the file from the Archlinux ftp site on starting the program, and I say yes, but it doesn't seem to do anything (I say this because there does not seem to be a pause when I say yes and when I am shown the main menu).
I am able to Install by category, though.
This is the first time I'm using this, so it is probable I'm missing something.
ravster.

You need 1.4 installed first. Remove and reinstall again.

ravster · 2005-05-26 14:42:36

pacmenu 1.4?

T-Dawg · 2005-05-26 17:10:14

ravster >

http://user-contributions.org/projects/ … pkg.tar.gz

rasat · 2005-05-27 02:43:37

Sorry for the unfixed bugs. I will not be able to fixed them until 2nd week of June.

ravster · 2005-05-27 13:16:07

No problem, thanks for the great prog .
Thanks for the link, Penguin.

rasat · 2005-06-16 12:38:11

dibblethewrecker wrote:

rasat - how about the script i wrote that lists all packages from a particular repository - good for checking what you have from people's personal repos - see here:
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … 383e6b9a49

The idea is good. What's missing, it doesn't list what repos to search requiring the user to remember what repo may have been used. Best if does auto search and lists both name of package and repo.

rasat · 2005-06-17 07:23:04

rasat wrote:

I will not be able to fixed them until 2nd week of June.

Bugs are fixed in ver. 2.2.1
http://user-contributions.org/projects/pacmenu/pkg/

scarecrow · 2005-07-02 18:48:01

Is pacmenu broken after pacman's update to 2.9.6-2 or it is just me?
After the update it does nothing at all when called...

T-Dawg · 2005-07-02 19:24:38

nothing shows up at all? Check your permissions on it in /usr/bin/. It should be 755.

scarecrow · 2005-07-03 10:54:51

It is 755, but nevermind, I figured out the problem ( by strace -o file pacmenu ).
Pacmenu doesn't work without dialog, and dialog was for some rather odd reason uninstalled. I guess that dialog has to be put in as a dependency on the next pacmenu release.

rasat · 2005-07-03 11:32:32

scarecrow wrote:

I guess that dialog has to be put in as a dependency on the next pacmenu release.

Thanks! It will be done.

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