https://github.com/droserasprout/pacman-fix-permissions

Fix broken Arch Linux filesystem permissions
https://github.com/droserasprout/pacman-fix-permissions

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Fix broken Arch Linux filesystem permissions

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/droserasprout/pacman-fix-permissions
• Owner: droserasprout
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2018-05-30T19:13:06.000Z (over 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2022-10-16T01:13:54.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-03T01:38:29.622Z (6 months ago)
• Language: Python
• Homepage:
• Size: 74.2 KB
• Stars: 38
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 6
• Open Issues: 4
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# pacman-fix-permissions

Find and fix wrong filesystem permissions on Arch Linux instances without needing to reinstall every package.

Pro tip: use [lostfiles](https://archlinux.org/packages/community/any/lostfiles/) as a companion tool to find files pacman doesn't know about.

## Installation

### From [AUR](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/pacman-fix-permissions)

```shell-script

# replace with your favourite AUR helper

yay -S pacman-fix-permissions

```

### Local

```shell-script

# install required dependencies only and build package

DEV=0 make install

make build

# or prepare dev environment and run all checks

make

```

## Usage

```

usage: pacman-fix-permissions [-h] [-a | -p [NAME ...] | -f [PATH ...]] [-c] [-v]

options:

  -h, --help            show this help message and exit

  -a, --all             process all installed packages (default)

  -p [NAME ...], --packages [NAME ...]

                        list of package names to process

  -f [PATH ...], --filesystem-paths [PATH ...]

                        list of filesystem paths to process

  -c, --clean           clean up package cache after processing

  -v, --version         show program's version number and exit

```