arpa is a wrapper script encompassing many common package-manager related tasks - the purpose intended is to help the user remember how to implement those tasks.
arpa [option] [*package] - a generic package tasks wrapper script
-e, --explicit - install a package as explicit
-g, --get - get/download package upgrade(s) : -G get pkg upgrades all
-i, --install - install a package : -I install as dependency
-l, --list - list package files : -L list pkgs installed
-o, --owns - owning package of a file
-q, --query - query for an installed package : -Q query w/ description
-r, --remove - remove a pkg and its deps : -R force, no argue orphs
-s, --search - search for a package : -S search w/ description
-u, --upgrade - upgrade system : -U upgrade AUR
-y, --sync - sync package db- Possibly to add gepopt(s) to allow defining multiple tasks.