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AUR

Publish to the Arch User Repository for Arch Linux users.

Configuration

yaml
publishers:
  - type: aur
    package: myapp-bin

Options

OptionDescriptionDefault
packageAUR package name{project}-bin
maintainerMaintainer nameFrom git config
descriptionPackage descriptionFrom project
licenseLicense identifierAuto-detected
dependsRuntime dependencies[]
optdependsOptional dependencies[]

Examples

Basic Package

yaml
publishers:
  - type: aur
    package: core-bin

With Dependencies

yaml
publishers:
  - type: aur
    package: core-bin
    depends:
      - git
      - docker
    optdepends:
      - "podman: alternative container runtime"

Environment Variables

VariableDescription
AUR_SSH_KEYSSH private key for AUR push (required)

Setup

  1. Create an AUR account at https://aur.archlinux.org

  2. Add your SSH public key to your AUR account

  3. Create the initial package:

    bash
    git clone ssh://aur@aur.archlinux.org/myapp-bin.git
  4. After publishing, users install with:

    bash
    yay -S myapp-bin
    # or
    paru -S myapp-bin

Generated PKGBUILD

bash
# Maintainer: Your Name <email@example.com>
pkgname=myapp-bin
pkgver=1.2.3
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="CLI for building and deploying applications"
arch=('x86_64' 'aarch64')
url="https://github.com/org/myapp"
license=('MIT')
depends=('glibc')
source_x86_64=("${url}/releases/download/v${pkgver}/myapp_linux_amd64.tar.gz")
source_aarch64=("${url}/releases/download/v${pkgver}/myapp_linux_arm64.tar.gz")
sha256sums_x86_64=('abc123...')
sha256sums_aarch64=('def456...')

package() {
  install -Dm755 myapp "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/myapp"
}

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