---
name: "alpm-repo-desc"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "alpm-repo-db"
version: "0.2.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/alpm-repo-desc"
---

# alpm-repo-desc(1)

Command line tool to handle alpm-repo-desc files

## NAME

alpm-repo-desc - Command line tool to handle alpm-repo-desc files

## SYNOPSIS

**alpm-repo-desc** \[**-h**\|**--help**\] \[**-V**\|**--version**\] \<*subcommands*\>

## DESCRIPTION

Command line tool to handle alpm-repo-desc files

## OPTIONS

- **-h**, **--help**

  Print help

- **-V**, **--version**

  Print version

## SUBCOMMANDS

- [alpm-repo-desc-create(1)](/alpm-repo-desc-create/1.md)

  Create a package repository desc file according to a schema

- [alpm-repo-desc-validate(1)](/alpm-repo-desc-validate/1.md)

  Validate a package repository desc file according to a schema

- [alpm-repo-desc-format(1)](/alpm-repo-desc-format/1.md)

  Parse and output a package repository desc file in a different format

- alpm-repo-desc-help(1)

  Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)

## VERSION

v0.2.0

## AUTHORS

Arne Beer \<contact@arne.beer\>, David Runge \<dvzrv@archlinux.org\>, Jagoda Ślązak \<j-g00da@archlinux.org\>, Orhun Parmaksız \<orhun@archlinux.org\>