alpm_databases man page

int alpm_db_update (int force, alpm_db_t *db)
Update a package database.
alpm_db_t * alpm_register_syncdb (alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *treename, alpm_siglevel_t level)
Register a sync database of packages.
void _alpm_db_unregister (alpm_db_t *db)
int alpm_unregister_all_syncdbs (alpm_handle_t *handle)
Unregister all package databases.
int alpm_db_unregister (alpm_db_t *db)
Unregister a package database.
alpm_list_t * alpm_db_get_servers (const alpm_db_t *db)
Get the serverlist of a database.
int alpm_db_set_servers (alpm_db_t *db, alpm_list_t *servers)
Set the serverlist of a database.
int alpm_db_add_server (alpm_db_t *db, const char *url)
Add a download server to a database.
int alpm_db_remove_server (alpm_db_t *db, const char *url)
Remove a download server from a database.
const char * alpm_db_get_name (const alpm_db_t *db)
Get the name of a package database.
alpm_siglevel_t alpm_db_get_siglevel (alpm_db_t *db)
Get the signature verification level for a database.
int alpm_db_get_valid (alpm_db_t *db)
Check the validity of a database.
alpm_pkg_t * alpm_db_get_pkg (alpm_db_t *db, const char *name)
Get a package entry from a package database.
alpm_list_t * alpm_db_get_pkgcache (alpm_db_t *db)
Get the package cache of a package database.
alpm_group_t * alpm_db_get_group (alpm_db_t *db, const char *name)
Get a group entry from a package database.
alpm_list_t * alpm_db_get_groupcache (alpm_db_t *db)
Get the group cache of a package database.
alpm_list_t * alpm_db_search (alpm_db_t *db, const alpm_list_t *needles)
Searches a database.
int alpm_db_set_usage (alpm_db_t *db, alpm_db_usage_t usage)
Sets the usage bitmask for a repo.
int alpm_db_get_usage (alpm_db_t *db, alpm_db_usage_t *usage)
Gets the usage bitmask for a repo.

Add a download server to a database.

Parameters

db database pointer
url url of the server

Returns

Get a group entry from a package database.

Parameters

db pointer to the package database to get the group from
name of the group

Returns

the groups entry on success, NULL on error

Referenced by alpm_find_group_pkgs().

Get the group cache of a package database.

Parameters

db pointer to the package database to get the group from

Returns

the list of groups on success, NULL on error

Get the name of a package database.

Parameters

db pointer to the package database

Returns

the name of the package database, NULL on error

Get a package entry from a package database.

Parameters

db pointer to the package database to get the package from
name of the package

Returns

the package entry on success, NULL on error

Get the package cache of a package database.

Parameters

db pointer to the package database to get the package from

Returns

the list of packages on success, NULL on error

Get the serverlist of a database.

Get the signature verification level for a database. Will return the default verification level if this database is set up with ALPM_SIG_USE_DEFAULT.

Parameters

db pointer to the package database

Returns

the signature verification level

Gets the usage bitmask for a repo. Gets the usage of a database.

Check the validity of a database. This is most useful for sync databases and verifying signature status. If invalid, the handle error code will be set accordingly.

Parameters

db pointer to the package database

Returns

Remove a download server from a database.

Parameters

db database pointer
url url of the server

Returns

Searches a database. Searches a database with regular expressions.

Set the serverlist of a database.

Sets the usage bitmask for a repo. Sets the usage of a database.

Unregister a package database.

Parameters

db pointer to the package database to unregister

Returns

Update a package database. An update of the package database db will be attempted. Unless force is true, the update will only be performed if the remote database was modified since the last update.

This operation requires a database lock, and will return an applicable error if the lock could not be obtained.

Example:

alpm_list_t *syncs = alpm_get_syncdbs();
for(i = syncs; i; i = alpm_list_next(i)) {
    alpm_db_t *db = alpm_list_getdata(i);
    result = alpm_db_update(0, db);

    if(result < 0) {
        printf("Unable to update database: %s0, alpm_strerrorlast());
    } else if(result == 1) {
        printf("Database already up to date0);
    } else {
        printf("Database updated0);
    }
}

Note

After a successful update, the package cache will be invalidated

Parameters

force if true, then forces the update, otherwise update only in case the database isn't up to date
db pointer to the package database to update

Returns

Register a sync database of packages.

Parameters

handle the context handle
treename the name of the sync repository
level what level of signature checking to perform on the database; note that this must be a '.sig' file type verification

Returns

an alpm_db_t* on success (the value), NULL on error

Unregister all package databases.

Parameters

handle the context handle

Returns

Referenced by alpm_release().