pkgctl-license(1)

pkgctl-license1

Check and manage package license compliance

Usage

pkgctl license [OPTIONS] [SUBCOMMAND]

Overview

Commands related to package licenses, including checks for compliance.

Uses reuse(1) and a REUSE.toml file located alongside the PKGBUILD(5).

Configuration

The REUSE.toml file must contain annotations for all regular files expected to be present in an Arch Linux package repository.

Use pkgctl-license-setup(1) to automatically detect and setup a basic REUSE config file based on the files in the package repository.

For detailed information on the various configuration options available for the REUSE.toml file, refer to the REUSE Specification ( <https://reuse.software/spec>).

Options

-h, --help

Show a help text

Subcommands

pkgctl license check

Checks package licensing compliance using REUSE

pkgctl license setup

Automatically detect and setup a basic REUSE config

Homepage

<https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/devtools>

Please report bugs and feature requests in the issue tracker. Please do your best to provide a reproducible test case for bugs.

From devtools 1:1.5.3-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.