(7) Miscellaneous Information Manual (7) NAME alpm-repo-name - names for Arch Linux Package Management (ALPM) based package repositories. DESCRIPTION The alpm-repo-name format specifies names for ALPM based package repositories. This format is used in configuration files for package management software (e.g. pacman.conf for pacman) and in alpm-repo- database file names. A repository name serves as identifier for package management software and allows it to download and address alpm-repo-database files. Format The alpm-repo-name value may be a UTF-8 string, that must not contain the characters /, ?, ! and must not start with the - character. EXAMPLES repo-name SEE ALSO pacman.conf(5), alpm-package-name(7), alpm-repo(7), alpm-repo-db(7), pacman(8), repo-add(8) (7)