# arch-toolkit
Complete Rust toolkit for Arch Linux package management. Provides a unified API for interacting with Arch Linux package management, including AUR (Arch User Repository) operations, dependency resolution, package index queries, installation command building, news feeds, and security advisories.
## Features
### Current Features
- **AUR Operations** (`aur` feature, enabled by default)
- Package search via AUR RPC v5
- Detailed package information retrieval
- Package comments fetching and parsing
- PKGBUILD content retrieval
- Automatic rate limiting with exponential backoff
- Configurable retry policies with per-operation control
- Optional caching layer (memory and disk)
- **Dependency Management** (`deps` feature)
- Parse dependencies from PKGBUILD files (single-line and multi-line arrays)
- Parse dependencies from .SRCINFO files
- Parse dependency specifications with version constraints
- Parse pacman output for dependencies and conflicts
- Fetch .SRCINFO from AUR (requires `aur` feature)
- Dependency resolution for official, AUR, and local packages
- Reverse dependency analysis for safe package removal
- Version comparison using pacman-compatible algorithm
- Package querying (installed, upgradable, versions)
- Source determination (official, AUR, local)
### Planned Features
- Package database queries
- Installation command building
- News feeds and security advisories
- PKGBUILD security analysis
## Installation
Add `arch-toolkit` to your `Cargo.toml`:
```toml
[dependencies]
arch-toolkit = "0.1.2"
```
### Feature Flags
- `aur` (default): AUR search, package info, comments, and PKGBUILD fetching
- `deps`: Dependency parsing from PKGBUILD, .SRCINFO, and pacman output
- `cache-disk`: Enable disk-based caching for persistence across restarts
To disable default features:
```toml
arch-toolkit = { version = "0.1.2", default-features = false, features = ["aur"] }
```
To enable dependency parsing:
```toml
arch-toolkit = { version = "0.1.2", features = ["deps"] }
```
To enable disk caching:
```toml
arch-toolkit = { version = "0.1.2", features = ["cache-disk"] }
```
## Quick Start
### Basic Usage
```rust
use arch_toolkit::prelude::*;
#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<()> {
// Create a client with default settings
let client = ArchClient::new()?;
// Search for packages
let packages = client.aur().search("yay").await?;
println!("Found {} packages", packages.len());
// Get detailed package information
let details = client.aur().info(&["yay", "paru"]).await?;
for pkg in details {
println!("{}: {}", pkg.name, pkg.description);
}
Ok(())
}
```
### Custom Configuration
```rust
use arch_toolkit::ArchClient;
use std::time::Duration;
let client = ArchClient::builder()
.timeout(Duration::from_secs(60))
.user_agent("my-app/1.0")
.max_retries(5)
.build()?;
```
Or configure via environment variables (perfect for CI/CD):
```bash
export ARCH_TOOLKIT_TIMEOUT=60
export ARCH_TOOLKIT_USER_AGENT="my-app/1.0"
export ARCH_TOOLKIT_MAX_RETRIES=5
```
```rust
let client = ArchClient::builder()
.from_env() // Load configuration from environment
.build()?;
```
### Retry Policy Configuration
```rust
use arch_toolkit::ArchClient;
use arch_toolkit::client::RetryPolicy;
let retry_policy = RetryPolicy {
max_retries: 5,
initial_delay_ms: 2000,
max_delay_ms: 60_000,
jitter_max_ms: 1000,
enabled: true,
retry_search: true,
retry_info: true,
retry_comments: true,
retry_pkgbuild: false,
};
let client = ArchClient::builder()
.retry_policy(retry_policy)
.build()?;
```
### Caching
Enable caching to reduce network requests:
```rust
use arch_toolkit::ArchClient;
use arch_toolkit::cache::CacheConfigBuilder;
use std::time::Duration;
let cache_config = CacheConfigBuilder::new()
.enable_search(true)
.search_ttl(Duration::from_secs(300)) // 5 minutes
.enable_info(true)
.info_ttl(Duration::from_secs(900)) // 15 minutes
.enable_comments(true)
.comments_ttl(Duration::from_secs(600)) // 10 minutes
.memory_cache_size(200)
.build();
let client = ArchClient::builder()
.cache_config(cache_config)
.build()?;
```
With disk caching (requires `cache-disk` feature):
```rust
let cache_config = CacheConfigBuilder::new()
.enable_search(true)
.search_ttl(Duration::from_secs(300))
.enable_disk_cache(true) // Persist across restarts
.build();
```
### Fetch Comments
```rust
let comments = client.aur().comments("yay").await?;
for comment in comments.iter().take(5) {
println!("{}: {}", comment.author, comment.content);
}
```
### Fetch PKGBUILD
```rust
let pkgbuild = client.aur().pkgbuild("yay").await?;
println!("PKGBUILD:\n{}", pkgbuild);
```
### Dependency Parsing and Resolution
Parse dependencies from PKGBUILD or .SRCINFO files:
```rust
use arch_toolkit::deps::{parse_pkgbuild_deps, parse_srcinfo_deps};
// Parse PKGBUILD
let pkgbuild = r"depends=('glibc' 'python>=3.10')";
let (depends, makedepends, checkdepends, optdepends) = parse_pkgbuild_deps(pkgbuild);
// Parse .SRCINFO
let srcinfo = r"depends = glibc\ndepends = python>=3.10";
let (depends, makedepends, checkdepends, optdepends) = parse_srcinfo_deps(srcinfo);
```
### Dependency Resolution
Resolve dependencies for packages:
```rust
use arch_toolkit::deps::{DependencyResolver, PackageRef, PackageSource};
let resolver = DependencyResolver::new();
let packages = vec![
PackageRef {
name: "firefox".into(),
version: "121.0".into(),
source: PackageSource::Official {
repo: "extra".into(),
arch: "x86_64".into(),
},
},
];
let result = resolver.resolve(&packages)?;
println!("Found {} dependencies", result.dependencies.len());
for dep in result.dependencies {
println!(" {}: {:?}", dep.name, dep.status);
}
```
### Reverse Dependency Analysis
Find all packages that depend on packages being removed:
```rust
use arch_toolkit::deps::{ReverseDependencyAnalyzer, PackageRef, PackageSource};
let analyzer = ReverseDependencyAnalyzer::new();
let packages = vec![
PackageRef {
name: "qt5-base".into(),
version: "5.15.10".into(),
source: PackageSource::Official {
repo: "extra".into(),
arch: "x86_64".into(),
},
},
];
let report = analyzer.analyze(&packages)?;
println!("{} packages would be affected", report.dependents.len());
```
### Version Comparison
Compare package versions:
```rust
use arch_toolkit::deps::{compare_versions, version_satisfies};
// Compare versions
use std::cmp::Ordering;
assert_eq!(compare_versions("1.2.3", "1.2.4"), Ordering::Less);
// Check if version satisfies requirement
assert!(version_satisfies("2.0", ">=1.5"));
assert!(!version_satisfies("1.0", ">=1.5"));
```
### Package Querying
Query installed and upgradable packages:
```rust
use arch_toolkit::deps::{
get_installed_packages, get_upgradable_packages,
get_installed_version, get_available_version,
};
// Get installed packages
let installed = get_installed_packages()?;
println!("Found {} installed packages", installed.len());
// Get upgradable packages
let upgradable = get_upgradable_packages()?;
println!("Found {} upgradable packages", upgradable.len());
// Get installed version
if let Ok(version) = get_installed_version("pacman") {
println!("Installed pacman version: {}", version);
}
// Get available version
if let Some(version) = get_available_version("pacman") {
println!("Available pacman version: {}", version);
}
```
### Source Determination
Determine where a package comes from:
```rust
use arch_toolkit::deps::{determine_dependency_source, is_system_package};
use std::collections::HashSet;
let installed = get_installed_packages()?;
let (source, is_core) = determine_dependency_source("glibc", &installed);
println!("Source: {:?}, Is core: {}", source, is_core);
if is_system_package("glibc") {
println!("glibc is a critical system package");
}
```
### Health Checks
Monitor AUR service status:
```rust
// Quick health check
let is_healthy = client.health_check().await?;
// Detailed status with latency
let status = client.health_status().await?;
println!("Status: {:?}, Latency: {:?}", status.status, status.latency);
```
## Examples
See the `examples/` directory for comprehensive examples:
- `examples/aur_example.rs`: Complete AUR operations demonstration
- `examples/with_caching.rs`: Caching layer usage
- `examples/env_config.rs`: Environment variable configuration
- `examples/health_check.rs`: Health check functionality
- `examples/pkgbuild_example.rs`: PKGBUILD dependency parsing
- `examples/srcinfo_example.rs`: .SRCINFO parsing and fetching
- `examples/deps_example.rs`: Comprehensive dependency module examples
- `examples/parse_example.rs`: Dependency specification parsing
- `examples/query_example.rs`: Package querying examples
- `examples/resolve_example.rs`: Dependency resolution examples
- `examples/reverse_example.rs`: Reverse dependency analysis examples
- `examples/source_example.rs`: Source determination examples
- `examples/version_example.rs`: Version comparison examples
Run examples with:
```bash
cargo run --example aur_example
cargo run --example with_caching
cargo run --example env_config
cargo run --example health_check
cargo run --example pkgbuild_example --features deps
cargo run --example srcinfo_example --features deps
cargo run --example deps_example --features deps
cargo run --example parse_example --features deps
cargo run --example query_example --features deps
cargo run --example resolve_example --features deps
cargo run --example reverse_example --features deps
cargo run --example source_example --features deps
cargo run --example version_example --features deps
```
## API Documentation
Full API documentation is available at [docs.rs/arch-toolkit](https://docs.rs/arch-toolkit) or build locally:
```bash
cargo doc --open
```
## Rate Limiting
arch-toolkit automatically implements rate limiting for archlinux.org requests:
- Minimum 200ms delay between requests
- Exponential backoff on failures
- Serialized requests (one at a time) to prevent overwhelming the server
- Configurable retry policies
## Error Handling
All operations return `Result<T, ArchToolkitError>`. Common error types:
- `ArchToolkitError::Network`: HTTP request failures
- `ArchToolkitError::Parse`: JSON/HTML parsing errors
- `ArchToolkitError::InvalidInput`: Invalid parameters or URLs
- `ArchToolkitError::Timeout`: Request timeout
- `ArchToolkitError::EmptyInput`: Empty input provided (with input validation)
- `ArchToolkitError::InvalidPackageName`: Invalid package name format
Input validation is enabled by default and validates package names and search queries against Arch Linux standards.
## Requirements
- Rust 1.70 or later
- Tokio runtime (for async operations)
## License
MIT
## Repository
https://github.com/Firstp1ck/arch-toolkit