Ray

Ray is a command-line tool that maps common pacman commands to winget commands, allowing you to use familiar pacman syntax on Windows.

Features

• Map pacman commands to winget commands
• Supports various pacman commands like -Syu, -Syyu, -Sy, -S, -Ss, -R, -Rns, -Q, -Qi, -Si, -Qs

Installation

Build from Source

To build and install Ray, you need to have Rust installed. You can install Rust from rust-lang.org.

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/tonybenoy/ray.git
   cd ray

2. Build the project:

   cargo build --release

3. The executable will be located in the target/release directory.

Install from github releases

Download the latest release from the releases page and add the executable to your PATH.

Usage

Run the ray executable with the desired pacman command:

ray [options] [package]

Add ray to your PATH to use it from anywhere.

Supported Commands

• -Syu, -Syyu: Update all packages
• -Sy: Update package database
• -S: Install package(s)
• -Ss: Search for packages
• -R,-Rns: Remove package(s)
• -Q: List installed packages
• -Qi: Show package information
• -Si: Show package information
• -Qs: Search for installed packages

All other winget commands can be used as well by simple passing the command as an argument to ray.