Seafoam-Labs / Shelly-ALPM

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## About
Shelly is a modern package manager for Arch Linux designed to be a more user-friendly alternative. Offering a visual interface with a focus on user experience and ease of use. Shelly supports native package operations through `libalpm` or `Shelly.Rlpm`, with libalpm selected by default. It is a complete reimagination of how a user interacts with their Arch Linux system, providing a more intuitive experience.
## Native backend selection
Default builds include both engines. Select RLPM with
`shelly config set NativePackageBackend rlpm`, or restore libalpm with
`shelly config set NativePackageBackend libalpm`. Build the CLI with
`zig build -Dlibalpm=false` for an RLPM-only binary. See the
backend guide for defaults, packaging,
verification and the remaining release acceptance gates.
## Quick Install
The recommended installation method for Shelly is for CachyOS or using CachyOS packages
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This will download and install the latest release, including the UI and CLI tools.
To install with an AUR helper like yay or paru.
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or
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## Uninstall
### For standard package removal
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#### If installed from AUR
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or
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## Features
- **Modern-CLI**: Provides a command-line interface for advanced users and automation, with a focus on ease of use.
- **Native Arch Integration**: Configurable libalpm or RLPM backend, retaining CachyOS extensions.
- **Native Wayland Support**: Front end built using GTK4.
- **Package Management**: Supports searching and filtering for, installing, updating, and removing packages.
- **Repository Management**: Synchronizes with official repositories to keep package lists up to date.
- **AUR Support**: Integration with the Arch User Repository for a wider range of software.
- **Optional Flatpak Support**: Install `shelly-flatpak-backend` to manage
 Flatpak applications alongside native packages without making Flatpak a
 runtime dependency of the base Shelly package.
## AUR package availability
`shelly install aur` (`shelly -Ia`) requires the requested package and any AUR
build dependencies to be listed by the configured AUR service. Cached checkouts
and surviving Git repositories do not authorize building a removed package.
This also applies to `--version` installs. If availability cannot be verified
because the service is unreachable, retry once the connection is restored.
When an unavailable AUR package has an exact match in a configured repository,
Shelly suggests `shelly -Is `. Explicit local builds with
`shelly build /path/to/PKGBUILD` and removal of installed packages remain
available without an AUR availability check.
To build an AUR package in a fresh native build root before installing it:
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Repository build dependencies stay in the guest; the exported package and its
runtime dependencies are installed on the host. This also supports `--needed`
and `--version`. As with `shelly build --isolated`, AUR-only build dependencies
and package signing are not yet support