pac-menu

A simple (unofficial) bash client for repology.org to quickly check the packaging status of a package among differnt distributions of GNU/Linux or other supported repositories of repology.

Dependencies

• jq fq curl notify-send xdg-open
• dmenu | rofi | fuzzel : only one is needed

In a Debian-like distro, these can be installed with:

sudo apt install jq fq curl libnotify-bin dmenu # or rofi/fuzzel

Usage

Check pac-menu -h:

Display packaging status in different repositories via repology.org

Usage: pac-menu [OPTIONS] PACKAGE-NAME
Options:
    -d : Use selector menu to enter package-name
    -V : Print version
    -h : Print help message

Examples

• pac-menu thunar
• pac-menu -d: (then type query in dmenu)
• pac-menu ripgr: this would invoke a API search, then a "refine query" step would be shown before proceeding to showing final results

Call with -d on invoking via keybinding. A desktop file is provided.

Customization

On top of the script, these variables can be edited:

• selector_app : depending on Xorg (dmenu) or Wayland (rofi/fuzzel)
• priority_repo : distro name that you want its status shown first
• selector_font
• use_custom_redirection : use predefined project urls instead of repology

Development

• linter: shellcheck
• formatter: shfmt -i 4 -bn -ci -sr