pak is an AUR helper wrapper, intended for use specifically with paru, with syntax in the style of the package manager apk used on Alpine and Chimera Linux (hence the name "pak" or "paru's alpine kidnapper"). Reference paru's github page for instructions on installing paru if you do not already have an AUR helper installed.
pak is itself a fork of pac-wrapper.
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
pak upgrade |
Sync repositories and upgrade all installed packages. |
pak add foo |
Install package foo and its dependencies. |
pak del foo |
Remove package foo and its dependencies. |
pak info foo |
Show information about package or group foo. |
pak search foo |
Search package names and descriptions with keyword foo. |
pak mark -d foo pak mark --asdeps foo |
Mark package foo as dependencies. |
pak clean |
Remove dependencies that are no longer required by any installed package. |
pak list --explicit --foreign |
List explicitly installed foreign packages (e.g. AUR packages). |
Run pak --help for more information.
To wrap another pacman-compatible program,
(or pacman itself) set the environment variable PAC_PACMAN.
For example, to wrap pacman, add
export PAC_PACMAN='pacman'to your ~/.bash_profile (or $ZDOTDIR/.zshenv for Zsh) and reload your shell.
If using fish, additionally install omf and the foreign-env plugin. You may then use the same command, but adding "fenv":
fenv export PAC_PACMAN='yay'MIT