pacinfo - a package information utility for pacman

ise · 2011-02-04 10:40:57

Maybe some of you have already read this on the Arch Linux planet. I have released pacinfo 0.1, it's a package information utility for pacman with the following features:

* list all installed packages
* screenshot support (fetching from http://screenshots.debian.net/ like the Ubuntu Software Center)
* large screenshot if you click on the thumbnail
* shows installed files of a package
* shows some details of the package
* full-text search in the whole package name

pacinfo

More features are planned. You can find the project at Google Code: http://code.google.com/p/pacinfo/ There is also a screencast about it functionality.
I have add it to the AUR repo: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=46065

It's written in Mono and GTK#.

This thread should be used as a discussion thread about features and bugs.

NOTE: This is my personal project and has nothing to do with my work at Arch Linux, it's not an official Arch Linux project!

Mektub · 2011-02-04 12:57:34

ise,

nice and very useful. Added it to my admin menu (icewm).

Thanks,

Mektub

Beelzebud · 2011-02-04 20:23:51

Looks very cool! However, I do get an error when I try to build it from AUR. I'm using the i686 vesion of Arch, have all dependencies, and everything is up to date. Not sure if this will be info-overkill, but I'm just trying to help:

Unhandled Exception: System.TypeInitializationException: An exception was thrown by the type initializer for Mono.CSharp.Location ---> System.ExecutionEngineException: SIGILL
  at System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2[System.String,System.Int32].Init (Int32 capacity, IEqualityComparer`1 hcp) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2[System.String,System.Int32]..ctor () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at Mono.CSharp.Location.Reset () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at Mono.CSharp.Location..cctor () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
  at Mono.CSharp.Driver.Main (System.String[] args) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
make[1]: *** [bin/Release/pacinfo.exe] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/yaourt-tmp-beelzebud/aur-pacinfo/src/pacinfo-0.1/pacinfo'
make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
    Aborting...

ise · 2011-02-05 15:43:38

Have you tried to build it without yaourt? I had never seen this error before, but I haven't tested it on i686, because I have just x86_64 here. Try to build it without yaourt and tell me if it fails, too.

Mektub · 2011-02-05 16:33:58

ise,

my installation was on a i686 with yaourt, no problems.

Mektub

Beelzebud · 2011-02-05 19:35:23

It's just a weird issue I'm having on one machine. My other Arch machine installs it fine. I'll take a closer look and see if I can figure it out. It's definitely on my end.

ise · 2011-02-06 09:51:53

@Mektub: Thanks for the information.
@Beelzebud: That's really weird. Let me know what the problem is/was on the machine as soon as you know it...

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#1 2011-02-04 10:40:57

pacinfo - a package information utility for pacman

#2 2011-02-04 12:57:34

Re: pacinfo - a package information utility for pacman

#3 2011-02-04 20:23:51

Re: pacinfo - a package information utility for pacman

#4 2011-02-05 15:43:38

Re: pacinfo - a package information utility for pacman

#5 2011-02-05 16:33:58

Re: pacinfo - a package information utility for pacman

#6 2011-02-05 19:35:23

Re: pacinfo - a package information utility for pacman

#7 2011-02-06 09:51:53

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