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trizen

Lightweight AUR package manager: a pacman wrapper and AUR helper with an interactive search and build interface.

Runs as trizen|Linux|github.com

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trizen in your home directory Every rule on this page, by file

· ~/.config/trizen/trizen.conf Sync

Only what the catalog names. A directory that syncs brings everything inside it except what is listed as excluded here.

apps/trizen/otty.tomlThe file this page is generated from

id = "trizen"

name = "trizen"

homepage = "https://github.com/trizen/trizen"

description = "Lightweight AUR package manager: a pacman wrapper and AUR helper with an interactive search and build interface."

executables = ["trizen"]

platforms = ["linux"]

[dotfiles]

# The `trizen` script builds its own paths near the top:

# my $config_dir = catdir($ENV{XDG_CONFIG_HOME} || catdir($home_dir, '.config'), $execname);

# my $config_file = catfile($config_dir, "$execname.conf");

# with $execname being "trizen", and it creates $config_dir on startup if it is

# missing. It reads $XDG_CONFIG_HOME rather than assuming ~/.config, so the

# path is written with [configHome].

# The neighbouring $cache_dir ($XDG_CACHE_HOME/trizen, the clone and build

# tree) is cache and is deliberately not listed.

paths = ["[configHome]/trizen/trizen.conf"]

exclude = []

# trizen.conf is a Perl hash of preferences — the editor and pager to use, how

# AUR results are sorted, whether to show votes and popularity, the clone

# directory. No credential: trizen authenticates to nothing, and sudo is left

# to pacman.

secret = []

# No machine_lines. The one absolute path in the file, clone_dir, is written by

# trizen's own dumper with the home directory substituted back out — the script

# does `$dumped_config =~ s/\Q$home_dir\E/\$ENV{HOME}/g` before writing — so it

# is already portable as stored. editor and pager are /usr/bin paths that are

# the same on every Arch box.

[commands]

format = 1

label = "Install or search AUR packages"

description = "Sync operation (-S) of trizen: install, search, info and upgrade. Clone (-G) and other operations are left out."

quality = "ai-draft"

parser = { end_of_options = "--", interleave = "permute", long_equals = true, short_attached = false, short_bundles = true }

[[commands.source]]

id = "help"

kind = "help"

url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/trizen/trizen/HEAD/trizen"

revision = "HEAD 2026-10-27"

evidence = """

usage: trizen {-S --sync} [options] [package(s)]

-s, --search : search for packages

-i, --info : show info for packages

-u, --sysupgrade : upgrade installed packages

-y, --refresh : refresh package databases (with: -u)

-a, --aur : only AUR operations (with: -c, -u, -s, -i)

--devel : update VCS packages during -Su

--noedit : do not prompt to edit files

--noinstall : do not install packages after building

--needed : do not reinstall up-to-date packages

--noconfirm : do not ask for any confirmation

trizen -S <package> # install <package>

trizen -Ss <keyword> # search for <keyword>

"""

[[commands.field]]

id = "sync"

label = "Sync operation"

type = "boolean"

option = ["-S"]

sources = ["help"]

[[commands.field]]

id = "search"

label = "Search"

type = "boolean"

option = ["-s", "--search"]

sources = ["help"]

[[commands.field]]

id = "info"

label = "Show info"

type = "boolean"

option = ["-i", "--info"]

sources = ["help"]

[[commands.field]]

id = "sysupgrade"

label = "Upgrade installed packages"

type = "boolean"

option = ["-u", "--sysupgrade"]

sources = ["help"]

[[commands.field]]

id = "refresh"

label = "Refresh databases"

type = "boolean"

option = ["-y", "--refresh"]

sources = ["help"]

[[commands.field]]

id = "aur"

label = "AUR only"

type = "boolean"

option = ["-a", "--aur"]

sources = ["help"]

[[commands.field]]

id = "devel"

label = "Update VCS packages"

type = "boolean"

option = ["--devel"]

sources = ["help"]

[[commands.field]]

id = "noedit"

label = "Do not prompt to edit"

type = "boolean"

option = ["--noedit"]

sources = ["help"]

[[commands.field]]

id = "needed"

label = "Skip up-to-date packages"

type = "boolean"

option = ["--needed"]

sources = ["help"]

[[commands.field]]

id = "noconfirm"

label = "No confirmation"

type = "boolean"

option = ["--noconfirm"]

sources = ["help"]

[[commands.field]]

id = "packages"

label = "Packages or keywords"

type = "string"

position = 0

multiple = true

sources = ["help"]

[[commands.task]]

id = "install"

label = "Install packages"

fields = ["sync", "packages", "needed", "noedit"]

required = ["sync", "packages"]

set = { sync = [true] }

[[commands.task]]

id = "search"

label = "Search"

fields = ["sync", "search", "packages", "aur"]

required = ["packages"]

set = { sync = [true], search = [true] }

[[commands.task]]

id = "upgrade"

label = "Upgrade AUR"

fields = ["sync", "sysupgrade", "aur", "devel"]

required = ["sync"]

set = { sync = [true], sysupgrade = [true], aur = [true] }

[[commands.group]]

id = "basic"

label = "Basic"

fields = ["sync", "search", "info", "sysupgrade", "packages"]

[[commands.group]]

id = "advanced"

label = "Advanced"

fields = ["refresh", "aur", "devel", "noedit", "needed", "noconfirm"]

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