PKGCTL-LICENSE(1)   PKGCTL-LICENSE(1)

pkgctl-license - Check and manage package license compliance

pkgctl license [OPTIONS] [SUBCOMMAND]

Commands related to package licenses, including checks for compliance.

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

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).

-h, --help

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pkgctl license check

Checks package licensing compliance using REUSE

pkgctl license setup

Automatically detect and setup a basic REUSE config

pkgctl-license-check(1) pkgctl-license-setup(1) reuse(1) PKGBUILD(5)

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

2025-07-29