Volery

Volery is a time-saving package batch installation script generator for Arch Linux or Arch-Based distro users. Package lists from the Arch Linux Official Repository and the Arch User Repository (AUR) are updated once per hour.

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How to use Volery

1. 🔍 Search for your favourite packages.
2. 📋 Copy the batch installation script to your clipboard.
3. 💻 Voilà! Now paste it into your terminal and install your packages!

How Volery works

• Using GitHub Actions + Python & Supabase API, package lists from the Arch Linux Official Repository and the Arch User Repository (AUR) are mirrored to a PostgreSQL database hosted on Supabase, once per hour.
• For Arch Official Repositories metadata, the official repositories web interface is used.
• For the Arch User Repository (AUR) metadata, the AUR metadata archives is used to minimise Volery's impact on AUR traffic.
• A NextJS web user interface lets users query the database for Arch Official Repositories packages and AUR packages, pick and choose their favourite packages, and generate a yay script for convenient batch-installation.

Setup instructions

git clone and cd into the project directory

Supabase Setup

Create a free Supabase account and project, and run the SQL scripts create_arch_official_repo.sql and create_aur.sql from your Supabase project dashboard.

Declare environment variables

cp .env-dev .env.local

In .env.local, fill in the following variables

# You will need a free Supabase account and project (https://supabase.com)
NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_URL=
NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_ANON_KEY=

Install dependencies

yarn install

Run in development mode

yarn run dev

Inspiration

Volery was inspired by Ninite, a package management system for Windows. "Volery" was the codename of Ninite during its private beta stage, and Ninite used to support Linux in the past.

Disclaimer

• This project is not sponsored, endorsed, or otherwise affiliated with Arch Linux.