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paru:tldr:7b124
This command is executed using the paru
package manager in a Linux system. Here's what it does:
-
paru
is the executable command for theparu
package manager.paru
is an AUR helper, which means it assists in managing packages from the Arch User Repository (AUR) in Arch Linux and Arch-based distributions. -
--getpkgbuild
is an option/flag provided byparu
. It instructsparu
to download and show the PKGBUILD file of the specified package. -
${package_name}
is a placeholder for the actual name of the package you want to know about. You need to replace${package_name}
with the name of the package you are interested in.
When you run this command with the appropriate package name, paru
will fetch the PKGBUILD file of the specified package from the AUR and display its contents in the terminal. The PKGBUILD file contains the necessary instructions for building and installing the package.