Search AUR when offline [Solved]

x33a · 2010-09-01 09:40:33

Hey guys, is there a way to search for packages in the AUR db,
when not connected to the net.

As can be done by the other repositories.

Last edited by x33a (2010-09-03 02:03:07)

tomk · 2010-09-01 09:57:02

No. The AUR is not a package repository like the others - it is a PKGBUILD repository.

See the wiki for more details.

x33a · 2010-09-02 01:04:43

Thanks.

Is there a way to maintain an offline cache of the PKGBUILDs though?

karol · 2010-09-02 01:18:58

x33a wrote:

Thanks.
Is there a way to maintain an offline cache of the PKGBUILDs though?

I don't know of any official way. What do you need almost 25k PKGBUILDs for?

fukawi2 · 2010-09-02 02:07:03

x33a wrote:

Is there a way to maintain an offline cache of the PKGBUILDs though?

There wouldn't be much point... Without being online, you wouldn't be able to download the source to be able to build the packages.

karol · 2010-09-02 02:11:14

fukawi2 wrote:

x33a wrote:
Is there a way to maintain an offline cache of the PKGBUILDs though?
There wouldn't be much point... Without being online, you wouldn't be able to download the source to be able to build the packages.

How can you make the list of available AUR packages without killing the server?

fukawi2 · 2010-09-02 04:19:33

karol wrote:

How can you make the list of available AUR packages without killing the server?

Dump to a file accessible via HTTP/FTP each hour/day:

SELECT Name, Version, Description, URL, License
FROM Packages
ORDER BY Name;

http://projects.archlinux.org/aur.git/t … schema.sql

Last edited by fukawi2 (2010-09-02 04:20:22)

x33a · 2010-09-03 02:02:34

karol wrote:

I don't know of any official way. What do you need almost 25k PKGBUILDs for?

Well, i don't need the PKGBUILDs, rather a way to search through the available packages

So, i guess there is no other way to search aur, than to be online.

Thanks people.

cesura · 2010-09-03 02:19:21

x33a wrote:

karol wrote:
I don't know of any official way. What do you need almost 25k PKGBUILDs for?
Well, i don't need the PKGBUILDs, rather a way to search through the available packages
So, i guess there is no other way to search aur, than to be online.
Thanks people.

Of course there's no way to search for packages when the AUR is offline. It's offline, not much you can do.

You could create a cron job though. Have some sort of program or shell script parse output from an AUR helper that allows searching (aur-search, clyde, and bauerbill are nice, there are definitely more) and place that in a text file. Just set that cron job to a certain interval (depending on your needs) and then just work from there.

ngoonee · 2010-09-03 03:29:59

itsbrad212 wrote:

x33a wrote:
karol wrote:
I don't know of any official way. What do you need almost 25k PKGBUILDs for?
Well, i don't need the PKGBUILDs, rather a way to search through the available packages
So, i guess there is no other way to search aur, than to be online.
Thanks people.
Of course there's no way to search for packages when the AUR is offline. It's offline, not much you can do.
You could create a cron job though. Have some sort of program or shell script parse output from an AUR helper that allows searching (aur-search, clyde, and bauerbill are nice, there are definitely more) and place that in a text file. Just set that cron job to a certain interval (depending on your needs) and then just work from there.

Yeah, and increase the load to the server while you're at it .

cesura · 2010-09-03 04:14:48

ngoonee wrote:

itsbrad212 wrote:
x33a wrote:
Well, i don't need the PKGBUILDs, rather a way to search through the available packages
So, i guess there is no other way to search aur, than to be online.
Thanks people.
Of course there's no way to search for packages when the AUR is offline. It's offline, not much you can do.
You could create a cron job though. Have some sort of program or shell script parse output from an AUR helper that allows searching (aur-search, clyde, and bauerbill are nice, there are definitely more) and place that in a text file. Just set that cron job to a certain interval (depending on your needs) and then just work from there.
Yeah, and increase the load to the server while you're at it .

I guess I left out the whole "use an appropriate amount of time between queries" part.

x33a · 2010-09-06 02:43:31

Nah, i don't want to put unnecessary load on the servers. If the servers supported this concept, then it would be different case.

Though, brad's idea is theoretically good.

Thanks for the input guys.

karol · 2011-03-23 15:03:49

I know it's a pretty old thread but I think it will benefit from a follow-up: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 57#p867757

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Search AUR when offline [Solved]

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