# repodb_parser [![Crates.io (latest)](https://img.shields.io/crates/dv/repodb_parser?label=crates.io&style=flat)](https://crates.io/crates/repodb_parser) [![REUSE status](https://api.reuse.software/badge/gitlab.com/rust-utils/repodb_parser)](https://api.reuse.software/info/gitlab.com/rust-utils/repodb_parser) repodb_parser parses [Arch Linux](https://archlinux.org) repository DB's into [Rust](https://www.rust-lang.org/) data structures. The repository DB's are expected as [gzip](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gzip) or [xz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XZ_Utils) compressed [tar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar_(computing)) archives (i.e., `*.tar.gz` or `*.tar.xz` files) or symbolic links to such files.