PkgInfo + PkgData

rasat · 2006-06-23 14:18:33

This is an application I have missed in Arch Linux, providing a broader package information beside Arch's home page. An information similar to freshmeat.net with details, thumbnails and types of application.

PkgInfo is an Arch Linux Package Information viewer developed in Ruby with the Glade interface. This program allows you to browse in main or application categories for basic package information with detailed descriptions and thumbnails. Also integrates simple package management via pacman for adding or removing packages.

Browse view + introduction (click thumbnails)

Information detail view

Package name, version and short description are provided by pacman. The other informations from PkgData.
[PkgData is Arch Linux Package Data containing package details, types of app, and thumbnail. Also a simple script downloading latest information. Version 0.57 contains 57% of Arch's official packages.

How to install:
1. Enable "Community" repo in /etc/pacman.conf
2. Download pkgdata
http://user-contributions.org/projects/pkgdata/pkg/
pacman -A pkgdata-0.57-1.pkg.tar.gz
3. and pkginfo
http://user-contributions.org/projects/pkginfo/pkg/
pacman -A pkginfo-0.4.2-1-pkg.tar.gz.
Before pkginfo can be installed, install the dependency packages.

My thanks to Penguin helping with Bash scripts and Eugenia suggestions in usability. And Rubyforen.
http://www.rubyforen.de/index.php

linfocito · 2006-06-26 04:11:09

I've been wishing that thing for so long!

x=0
while x=0 do;
THANK YOU!;
end.

EDIT: Will you put that in AUR anytime?

McQueen · 2006-06-26 04:48:37

Yes, it makes getting pkg info locally a snap. Thanks!

rasat · 2006-06-26 05:02:45

linfocito wrote:

EDIT: Will you put that in AUR anytime?

Version 0.4.3 will be in AUR once I find a good solution when using PkgInfo in user mode. The pacman features abs, -Syu, install and remove require root access. Sudo package will be in dependency but need to inform the user to add the user name in /etc/sudoers.

How to know if user has sudo access? "[ `id -u` -ne 0 ]" only checks if root access.

_Gandalf_ · 2006-06-26 05:22:55

AFAIK you can't check for sudo access, you have to assume that he have and execute whatever you want to under sudo, if it fails then he don't have permissions, You can simplify it like, if you want to write /var/lock/xxx for ex. write /tmp/x under sudo first (just echo so it won't fail unless he can't execute under sudo, this is a good workaround...

P.S: sudo id = 0

rasat · 2006-06-26 07:20:16

_Gandalf_ wrote:

You can simplify it like, if you want to write /var/lock/xxx for ex. write /tmp/x under sudo first

If there is no permission sudo will ask for password. If the application is not started from a terminal, there is no password field to enter. The application freezes... waiting for pass.

T-Dawg · 2006-06-26 10:20:06

rasat wrote:

_Gandalf_ wrote:
You can simplify it like, if you want to write /var/lock/xxx for ex. write /tmp/x under sudo first
If there is no permission sudo will ask for password. If the application is not started from a terminal, there is no password field to enter. The application freezes... waiting for pass.

You may want to look at gksu. Its a gui for su to gain root access.

_Gandalf_ · 2006-06-26 15:21:14

Exactly,
@rasat check http://wael.nasreddine.com/files/config … n/wael_nfs , I've made this script to mount an NFS partition via a key binding long ago.

rasat · 2006-06-26 21:02:29

I included both gksu (default) and sudo. In menu bar an option to turn sudo on and off with short introduction how to configure. If sudo is off, gksu is active. Gksu work well, though, I don't like the fade-in feature... like defective video card, also temporarily blanks out pkginfo's interface.

pkginfo ver. 0.5
AUR
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?d … =1&ID=5776

pkgdata ver. 0.61
AUR
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?d … =1&ID=5775

Arch pkg
http://user-contributions.org/projects/pkginfo/pkg/
http://user-contributions.org/projects/pkgdata/pkg/

tranquility · 2006-06-26 22:05:29

Got this error:

aurbuild -sa pkgdata
<snip>
loading package data... done.
checking dependencies... done.
checking for file conflicts...
error: failed to prepare transaction (conflicting files)
pkgdata: usr/bin/pkgdata exists in filesystem

pacman -Qo /usr/bin/pkgdata
/usr/bin/pkgdata is owned by icu 3.4.1-1

rasat · 2006-06-27 05:57:44

Thanks for the information, good it was noticed at this stage.

I have replaced /usr/bin/pkgdata with /usr/sbin/pkgdatadl. Pkgdata is a lib package, now proper.
Both pkgdata (0.61.1) and pkginfo (0.5.1) are updated in AUR and usercb repo. Tested with aurbuild.

rasat · 2006-06-27 14:02:43

Here are more information about PkgData.
http://blog.archlinux.org/2006/06/27/pkgdata/

rasat · 2006-09-14 07:41:35

New update version 0.6
Minor bug fix. Includes Quick Start quide.

Earlier there was some problem with ruby-libglade in one of the dependency packages, now its fixed.

pbw · 2006-09-14 21:43:56

i was checking it out earlier today, seems quite useful. Good stuff rasat

s26c.sayan · 2007-05-18 20:21:10

Does the 'Install'/' Remove' options work properly?

EDIT: Yes, It does!!!!!!! (post-installation reboot was needed!)

Last edited by s26c.sayan (2007-05-20 07:53:45)

ibendiben · 2008-01-30 16:36:51

@rasat
Could you explain me where/how you got this info? I'm referring to pkgdata's apps (detailed catagories) and desc (detailed descriptions) files. Is there a database somewhere (up-to-date) or did you make it?

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