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A live wallpaper that shows the dependency graph and status of installed packages.
https://github.com/Kharacternyk/pacwall
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A live wallpaper that shows the dependency graph and status of installed packages.
Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/Kharacternyk/pacwall
Owner: Kharacternyk
License: gpl-3.0
Created: 2020-03-21T16:02:01.000Z (over 4 years ago)
Default Branch: master
Last Pushed: 2024-03-29T21:10:50.000Z (5 months ago)
Last Synced: 2024-04-14T02:19:45.295Z (5 months ago)
Topics: archlinux, pacman, wallpaper
Language: C
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Size: 18.3 MB
Stars: 530
Watchers: 12
Forks: 35
Open Issues: 8
Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.rst
- License: LICENSE
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README

        .. image:: screenshot.png

``pacwall`` changes your wallpaper to the dependency graph of installed

with ``pacman`` packages. Each node is a package and each edge represents

a dependency between two packages. ``pacwall`` highlights outdated packages,

orphans, and packages with `.pacnew files`_. The highlighting is customizable.

``pacwall`` is bundled with systemd units that provide functionality

such as triggering wallpaper regeneration on package

upgrade/removal/installation, as well as periodical regeneration,

which ensures that the displayed set of available updates is up-to-date.

------------

Installation

------------

Install the ``pacwall-git`` `AUR package`_.

``pacwall`` doesn't know how to set a wallpaper by itself. Therefore, ``pacwall``

requires help in the form of shell commands. Such commands are called *hook*.

There are some example hooks for different setups, one of which you should copy to

your local config.

If you use GNOME, run:

.. code-block:: bash

    sudo pacman -S --needed imagemagick xorg-xdpyinfo

    mkdir -p ~/.config/pacwall

    cp /usr/share/pacwall/examples/hook/gsettings ~/.config/pacwall/pacwall.conf

If you use KDE Plasma, run:

.. code-block:: bash

    mkdir -p ~/.config/pacwall

    cp /usr/share/pacwall/examples/hook/plasmash ~/.config/pacwall/pacwall.conf

    cp /usr/share/pacwall/examples/hook/oneblackpixel.png ~/.config/pacwall/

If you use Xorg sans GNOME/KDE, run:

.. code-block:: bash

    sudo pacman -S --needed hsetroot

    mkdir -p ~/.config/pacwall

    cp /usr/share/pacwall/examples/hook/hsetroot ~/.config/pacwall/pacwall.conf

If you use Sway, run:

.. code-block:: bash

    mkdir -p ~/.config/pacwall

    cp /usr/share/pacwall/examples/hook/swaymsg ~/.config/pacwall/pacwall.conf

If you use Hyprland, run:

.. code-block:: bash

    sudo pacman -S --needed swaybg

    mkdir -p ~/.config/pacwall

    cp /usr/share/pacwall/examples/hook/swaybg ~/.config/pacwall/pacwall.conf

For some setups, e.g. XFCE, there are no example hooks. Furthermore, the example

hooks can have bugs. You can verify that ``pacwall`` itself works fine by examining

the image that it has generated at ``~/.cache/pacwall/pacwall.png``.

If you use the standard ``hsetroot`` hook along with a ``systemd`` unit listed

below, you may notice that the package graph disappears if the unit triggers

while your screen is turned off (typically due to DPMS timeout). This can be

fixed by using the ``/usr/share/pacwall/examples/hook/hsetroot-dpms`` hook

instead of the plain ``hsetroot`` one. However, on multi-display systems, this

may cause undesired stretching of the graph over multiple screens.

-----

Usage

-----

Run ``pacwall``.

The circles represent packages, where the area of a circle is proportional to the

size of the package.

The blue circles are manually (explicitly) installed packages, the red ones are

automatically (implicitly) installed packages. The green circles are packages not found

in the official non-testing repositories (e.g. from the AUR). The outlined teal circles

are orphans, the outlined yellow circles are outdated packages. The outlined magenta

circles are packages with unresolved `.pacnew files`_ (it's time to run ``pacdiff``).

The dashed edges represent optional dependencies, the normal edges represent strict

(hard, direct) dependencies. The appearance is customizable, see Customization_.

If you want the wallpaper to be persistent, run ``pacwall -ug`` in the init file

of DE or WM you use. ``pacwall -ug`` doesn't regenerate the wallpaper, it just sets

the most recent one.

If you want the wallpaper to be automatically updated when a package is

upgraded/removed/installed, run:

.. code-block:: bash

    systemctl --user enable pacwall-watch-packages.path

Note that this one runs ``pacwall -u`` i.e. the displayed set of available updates

can only shrink.

If you want the wallpaper to be refreshed each hour with the up-to-date set of

available updates displayed, run:

.. code-block:: bash

    systemctl --user enable pacwall-watch-updates.timer

If you use Sway, you must run ``systemctl --user import-environment SWAYLOCK``

by the time the systemd units are triggered. They will fail otherwise.

---

CLI

---

* ``-u``: do not attempt to add entries to the set of available updates

  This flag speed-ups ``pacwall``. It also puts off some load from the

  Arch mirrors, though the load is arguably minor.

* ``-g``: do not regenerate the graph

  This flag doesn't prevent from adding entries to the set of available updates, but

  the entries will not be visible until the graph is regenerated.

* ``-k``: do not run the hook

-------------

Customization

-------------

``~/.config/pacwall/pacwall.conf`` is used to configure ``pacwall``.

The file is in the `libconfig format`_. TL;DR:

.. code-block::

    # comment

    setting: "foo"

    group: {

        nestedSetting: "bar"

        nestedGroup: {

            nestedNestedSetting: "baz"

        }

    }

    longSetting: "A sequence of strings "

                 "is concatenated into "

                 "one, like in C."

Note that you must use ``'`` in value strings wherever you would normally

use ``"`` and vice versa. This avoids tons of ugly escaped ``\"``.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

List of settings

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* ``hook`` (no default value)

  The shell commands that are executed after the graph has been generated.  The

  hook is expected to set the wallpaper. The path to the graph image is exported

  in the ``$W`` environmental variable.

* ``shell`` (default: ``bash``)

  The shell in which the commands specified in ``hook`` ought to be executed.

* ``db`` (default: ``/var/lib/pacman``)

  The path to the ``pacman`` packages database.

* ``attributes`` (group)

  The group that contains graphviz attributes, which modify the appearance

  of the graph, nodes, and edges in various ways. See the

  ``GRAPH, NODE AND EDGE ATTRIBUTES`` section in ``man twopi``. Beware that attributes

  specific to layouts other than ``twopi`` won't work.

  ``/usr/share/pacwall/examples/attributes/default`` contains the attributes

  that are identical to the hardcoded defaults. It may be easier for you

  to copy them to your ``pacwall.conf`` and then further modify instead

  of writing these settings from scratch. You can also try out the other

  examples in the directory.

  * ``graph`` (default: ``bgcolor='#00000000'``)

    The graph attributes (separated by semicolons).

  * ``package`` (group)

    * ``common`` (default: ``shape=point, height=0.1, fontname=monospace, fontsize=10``)

      The attributes that are applied to all packages (separated by commas).

    * ``implicit`` (default: ``color='#dc322faa'``)

      The attributes that are applied to implicitly (i.e. to satisfy dependencies of

      some other packages) installed packages (separated by commas).

    * ``explicit`` (default: ``color='#268bd2aa'``)

      The attributes that are applied to explicitly installed packages

      (separated by commas).

    * ``orphan``

      (default: ``color='#2aa198aa', fontcolor='#2aa198', peripheries=2, xlabel='\\N'``)

      The attributes that are applied to packages installed to satisfy some dependencies

      and not directly required anymore (separated by commas).

    * ``unneeded`` (no default value)

      The attributes that are applied to orphan packages that are not optionally

      required either (separated by commas).

    * ``outdated``

      (default: ``color='#b58900aa', fontcolor='#b58900', peripheries=3, xlabel='\\N'``)

      The attributes that are applied to outdated packages (separated by commas).

    * ``unresolved``

      (default: ``color='#d33682aa', fontcolor='#d33682', peripheries=4, xlabel='\\N'``)

      The attributes that are applied to packages with `.pacnew files`_

      (separated by commas).

      These files are `better to deal with immediately`_.

    * ``repository`` (group) (default::

             core: ""

             extra: ""

             community: ""

             multilib: ""

             *: "color='#859900aa'"

      )

      The group that maps attributes to packages based on the origin repositories.

      Settings in this group are in the form of ``repository: "comma-separated attributes"``

      Only one set of attributes from this group is applied to a package; if a package

      is present in more than one repository, the first (from top to bottom) set takes

      precedence.

      A special entry in the form of ``*: "comma-separated attributes"`` is supported.

      The attributes will be applied to packages that are not present in any of the

      specified repositories. This entry should come last.

  * ``dependency`` (group)

    * ``common`` (default: ``color='#fdf6e30a'``)

      The attributes that are applied to all dependencies (separated by commas).

    * ``hard`` (no default value)

      The attributes that are applied to hard (as opposed to optional) dependencies

      (separated by commas).

    * ``optional`` (default: ``arrowhead=empty, style=dashed``)

      The attributes that are applied to optional dependencies (separated by commas).

* ``features`` (group)

  The group that contains settings that control optional features.

  * ``installed-size`` (group) (default::

        enabled: true

        delta: 2e-5

    )

    The group that contains settings that control the installed size representation

    feature. If ``enabled`` is true, the ``height`` and ``width`` attributes of nodes

    are overwritten so that the area covered by a node is proportional to the size of

    the installed package. The formula is::

        width in inches = height in inches = (installed size in bytes)^(1/2) * delta

    Note that values of these settings are not strings and omit the quotes enclosing

    them.

---------------

Tips and tricks

---------------

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Background image

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

============

Via hsetroot

============

If ``hsetroot`` is used as the wallpaper setter, use the built-in multilayer feature, e.g.:

.. code-block:: bash

    hook: "hsetroot -fill '/path/to/background' -center '$W' > /dev/null"

===============

Via imagemagick

===============

Use the ``convert`` command, e.g.:

.. code-block:: bash

    hook: "convert '/path/to/background.png' '$W' -gravity center -compose over -composite '$W';"

          "…"

The ``imagemagick`` package is required.

~~~~~

Pywal

~~~~~

Make use of `Pywal User Template Files`_ to integrate ``pacwall`` with pywal.

See `an example of such template here`_.

~~~~~~~~~~

Graph size

~~~~~~~~~~

Use the ``dpi`` graph attribute to scale the whole image.

Alternatively, change node size, font size, and graph size separately via their

respective attributes. Use the ``ranksep`` graph attribute instead of ``size``.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Highlighting specific packages

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Entries of the form

``'package-name' [comma-separated-list-of-attributes];``

in the ``attributes.graph`` setting add attributes to a specific package.

~~~~~~~~~

Web-graph

~~~~~~~~~

If you want nice web-graph like on the following image:

.. image:: example-web.png

Then create the following config:

.. code-block::

    attributes: {

        # Dark background for proper visibility. On bright background

        # edges of dependencies would be almost invisible. If you'll

        # increase their opacity they'll overlap with text and circles.

        graph: "bgcolor='#16161d' ratio=0.58 overlap=false",

        package: {

            common: "shape=point",

        },

        dependency: {

            # Notice opacity on colors of edges, it's very important.

            # Also, width of edges is reduced to make them less bold.

            common: "color='#fdf6e30a', arrowhead='dot', arrowsize=0.6, penwidth=0.6"

            optional: "color='#fdf6e0f', penwidth=0.4"

        }

    }

Here the most important property is ``overlap=false`` which renders web graph instead

of defalut circled. Also important is ``ratio=0.58`` which you should calculate by

dividing screen height per screen width.

-------------------

Migrating from v1.*

-------------------

``pacwall`` v2.* is written in C and is very different from the v1.* one, which is

a Bash script. Migrating should be straightforward, though, **unless** you don't

run an Arch-based distro. v2.* is ``pacman``-only and will likely remain such.

----------------

Similar software

----------------

* pacgraph_

* pacvis_

.. LINKS:

.. _.pacnew files: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman/Pacnew_and_Pacsave

.. _AUR package: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/pacwall-git/

.. _libconfig format: https://hyperrealm.github.io/libconfig/libconfig_manual.html#Configuration-Files

.. _better to deal with immediately: https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/iczyr0/psa_be_careful_with_pacnew_when_updating/

.. _Pywal User Template Files: https://github.com/dylanaraps/pywal/wiki/User-Template-Files

.. _an example of such template here: https://github.com/Kharacternyk/dotfiles/blob/master/.config/wal/templates/pacwall.conf

.. _pacgraph: http://kmkeen.com/pacgraph/

.. _pacvis: https://github.com/farseerfc/pacvis