pacman - Arch Linux package format

Supported Uses in FPM

fpm supports input and output for Arch Linux’s package format, pacman. This means you can read a pacman and convert it to a different output type (such as a dir or rpm). It also means you can create a pacman package.

pacman-specific command line flags

• --pacman-compression COMPRESSION

  • The compression type to use, must be one of gz, bzip2, xz, zstd, none.

• --pacman-group GROUP

  • The group owner of files in this package

• --pacman-optional-depends PACKAGE

  • Add an optional dependency to the pacman package.

• --[no-]pacman-use-file-permissions

  • Use existing file permissions when defining ownership and modes

• --pacman-user USER

  • The owner of files in this package