Getting Started With Malachite
Baby's first Malachite repository!
What you need to know
Malachite is:
- A pacman repository manager
- A workspace manager
Awesome
Malachite isn't:
- The end-all solution for all pacman repositories
- Perfect
With that out of the way
Hi! My name is Michal, and I wrote this tool pretty much on my own for Crystal Linux; but it is not at all exclusive to Crystal. This tool should and will work on and for any pacman-based distribution (so long as it packages all of Malachite's dependencies, of course).
Throughout this tutorial, I'll explain each little feature of Malachite in what I hope to be bite-sized and programmatic chunks.
Without further ado, let's begin with the first, most important question:
Modes
What mode are you using malachite in?
Currently, malachite supports 2 modes:
Repository Mode
- Allows the user to configure and manage a remote (or local) pacman-based package repository
- Allows for customisability in repository name, signing preferences, signing key etc.
- Allows for basic levels of automation, by using features such as build_on_update
Workspace Mode
- The most basic functionality of Malachite
- Just clones git directories into a "Workspace" directory for easier management
- Allows for basic pulling operations to keep your repositories up-to-date
These modes essentially dictate everything about how Malachite functions, so much so that I now need to split this page off before it gets too long!
For more info, get started with the Common Features page!