diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4907163..6c02db1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ build-test: $(BINS_TEST)
 # For simplicity, we link every object file to each of the test files. This
 # might be changed later if this starts to become too slow.
 $(BINS_TEST): %: %.c.o $(OBJS)
-	$(CC) $^ -o $@
+	$(CC) $^ -larchive -o $@
 
 # Each test includes the test directory, which contains the acutest header file
 $(BUILD_DIR)/$(TEST_DIR)/%.c.o: $(TEST_DIR)/%.c
diff --git a/include/dynarray.h b/include/dynarray.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ab4022
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/dynarray.h
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#ifndef VIETER_DYNARRAY
+#define VIETER_DYNARRAY
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+typedef struct dyn_array DynArray;
+struct dyn_array {
+	char **array;
+	size_t capacity;
+	size_t size;
+};
+
+DynArray *dynarray_init(size_t initial_capacity);
+void dynarray_add(DynArray *da, const char * s);
+void dynarray_free(DynArray *da);
+
+/**
+ * Convert a DynArray into an array by freeing all its surrounding components
+ * and returning the underlying array pointer.
+ */
+char **dynarray_convert(DynArray *da);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/package.h b/include/package.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..09e91bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/package.h
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#ifndef VIETER_PACKAGE
+#define VIETER_PACKAGE
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#include "archive.h"
+#include "archive_entry.h"
+
+#include "package_info.h"
+#include "dynarray.h"
+
+typedef struct pkg {
+	char *path;
+	PkgInfo *info;
+	DynArray *files;
+	int compression;
+} Pkg;
+
+Pkg *package_read_archive(const char *pkg_path);
+void package_free(Pkg ** ptp);
+char *package_to_description(Pkg *pkg);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/package_info.h b/include/package_info.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1388a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/package_info.h
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#ifndef VIETER_PACKAGE_INFO
+#define VIETER_PACKAGE_INFO
+
+#define FREE_STRING(sp) if (sp != NULL) free(sp)
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#include "dynarray.h"
+
+typedef struct pkg_info {
+	char *name;
+	char *base;
+	char *version;
+	char *description;
+	int64_t size;
+	int64_t csize;
+	char *url;
+	char *arch;
+	int64_t build_date;
+	char *packager;
+	char *pgpsig;
+	int64_t pgpsigsize;
+
+	DynArray *groups;
+	DynArray *licenses;
+	DynArray *replaces;
+	DynArray *depends;
+	DynArray *conflicts;
+	DynArray *provides;
+	DynArray *optdepends;
+	DynArray *makedepends;
+	DynArray *checkdepends;
+} PkgInfo;
+
+PkgInfo *package_info_init();
+void package_info_parse(PkgInfo *pkg_info, char *pkg_info_str);
+void package_info_free(PkgInfo *pkg_info);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/package/dynarray.c b/src/package/dynarray.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a78e7ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/package/dynarray.c
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#include "dynarray.h"
+
+DynArray *dynarray_init(size_t initial_capacity) {
+	DynArray *da = malloc(sizeof(DynArray));
+	da->size = 0;
+	da->capacity = initial_capacity;
+
+	return da;
+}
+
+void dynarray_add(DynArray *da, const char *s) {
+	// An empty dynarray does not have an allocated internal array yet
+	if (da->size == 0) {
+		da->array = malloc(sizeof(char*) * da->capacity);
+	}
+	// Double array size if it's full
+	else if (da->size == da->capacity) {
+		// if the realloc fails, access to memory in da->array is lost
+		da->array = realloc(da->array, sizeof(char*) * da->capacity * 2);
+		da->capacity *= 2;
+	}
+	
+	da->array[da->size] = strdup(s);
+	da->size++;
+}
+
+void dynarray_free(DynArray *da) {
+	if (da == NULL) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (da->array != NULL) {
+		for (size_t i = 0; i < da->size; i++) {
+			free(da->array[i]);
+		}
+
+		free(da->array);
+	}
+
+	free(da);
+}
+
+char **dynarray_convert(DynArray *da) {
+	char **array = da->array;
+
+	da->array = NULL;
+	dynarray_free(da);
+
+	return array;
+}
diff --git a/src/package/package.c b/src/package/package.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d1565d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/package/package.c
@@ -0,0 +1,180 @@
+#include "package.h"
+
+#define SMALL_BUFF_SIZE 128
+
+#define ADD_STRING(section, field) if (pkg_info->field != 0) { \
+	snprintf(aux, SMALL_BUFF_SIZE, section, pkg_info->field); \
+	if (buff_size < strlen(description) + SMALL_BUFF_SIZE + 1) { \
+		description = realloc(description, buff_size * 2); \
+		buff_size *= 2; \
+	} \
+	strcat(description, aux); \
+}
+#define ADD_ARRAY(section, field) i = 0; if (pkg_info->field != NULL) { \
+	snprintf(aux, SMALL_BUFF_SIZE, section, pkg_info->field->array[i]); i++; \
+	if (buff_size < strlen(description) + SMALL_BUFF_SIZE + 1) { \
+		description = realloc(description, buff_size * 2); \
+		buff_size *= 2; \
+	} \
+	strcat(description, aux); \
+	while (pkg_info->field->array[i] != NULL) { \
+	snprintf(aux, SMALL_BUFF_SIZE, "\n%s", pkg_info->field->array[i]); i++; \
+		if (buff_size < strlen(description) + SMALL_BUFF_SIZE + 1) { \
+			description = realloc(description, buff_size * 2); \
+			buff_size *= 2; \
+		} \
+		strcat(description, aux); \
+	} \
+}
+
+static char *ignored_names[5] = {
+	".BUILDINFO",
+	".INSTALL",
+	".MTREE",
+	".PKGINFO",
+	".CHANGELOG"
+};
+static size_t ignored_words_len = sizeof(ignored_names) / sizeof(char *);
+
+Pkg *package_init() {
+	return calloc(sizeof(PkgInfo), 1);
+}
+
+Pkg *package_read_archive(const char *pkg_path) {
+	struct archive *a = archive_read_new();
+	struct archive_entry *entry = archive_entry_new();
+
+	// These three are the most commonly used compression methods
+	archive_read_support_filter_zstd(a);
+	archive_read_support_filter_gzip(a);
+	archive_read_support_filter_xz(a);
+
+	// Contents should always be a tarball
+	archive_read_support_format_tar(a);
+
+	// TODO where does this 10240 come from?
+	int r = archive_read_open_filename(a, pkg_path, 10240);
+
+	// Exit early if we weren't able to successfully open the archive for reading
+	if (r != ARCHIVE_OK) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	int compression_code = archive_filter_code(a, 0);
+	const char *path_name;
+
+	PkgInfo *pkg_info;
+	DynArray *files = dynarray_init(16);
+	dynarray_add(files, "%FILES%");
+
+	while (archive_read_next_header(a, &entry) == ARCHIVE_OK) {
+		path_name = archive_entry_pathname(entry);
+
+		bool ignore = false;
+
+		for (size_t i = 0; i < ignored_words_len; i++) {
+			if (strcmp(path_name, ignored_names[i]) == 0) {
+				ignore = true;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (!ignore) {
+			dynarray_add(files, path_name);
+		}
+
+		if (strcmp(path_name, ".PKGINFO") == 0) {
+			// Read data of file into memory buffer
+			int size = archive_entry_size(entry);
+			char *buf = malloc(size);
+			archive_read_data(a, buf, size);
+
+			// Parse package info string into a struct
+			pkg_info = package_info_init();
+			package_info_parse(pkg_info, buf);
+
+			free(buf);
+		} else {
+			archive_read_data_skip(a);
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Get size of file
+	struct stat stats;
+
+	if (stat(pkg_path, &stats) != 0) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	pkg_info->csize = stats.st_size;
+
+	archive_read_free(a);
+
+	// Create final return value
+	Pkg *pkg = package_init();
+	pkg->path = strdup(pkg_path);
+	pkg->info = pkg_info;
+	pkg->files = files;
+	pkg->compression = compression_code;
+
+	return pkg;
+}
+
+void sha256sum(Pkg *pkg, char *res) {
+	char command[SMALL_BUFF_SIZE];
+	snprintf(command, SMALL_BUFF_SIZE, "sha256sum %s", pkg->path);
+	FILE *p = popen(command, "r");
+
+	fgets(res, 65, p);
+	pclose(p);
+}
+
+char *package_to_description(Pkg *pkg) {
+	PkgInfo *pkg_info = pkg->info;
+
+	size_t buff_size = 1024;
+	char aux[SMALL_BUFF_SIZE];
+	char *description = malloc(sizeof(char) * buff_size);
+	int i;
+
+	// special case for FILENAME
+	// assuming .pkg.tar.zst; other formats are valid, this should account for that
+	snprintf(aux, SMALL_BUFF_SIZE, "%%FILENAME%%\n%s-%s-%s.pkg.tar.zst", pkg_info->name, pkg_info->version,
+			pkg_info->arch);
+	strcat(description, aux);
+
+	ADD_STRING("\n\n%%NAME%%\n%s", name);
+	ADD_STRING("\n\n%%BASE%%\n%s", base);
+	ADD_STRING("\n\n%%VERSION%%\n%s", version);
+	ADD_STRING("\n\n%%DESC%%\n%s", description);
+	ADD_ARRAY("\n\n%%GROUPS%%\n%s", groups);
+	ADD_STRING("\n\n%%CSIZE%%\n%ld", csize);
+	ADD_STRING("\n\n%%ISIZE%%\n%ld", size);
+
+	char checksum[65];
+	sha256sum(pkg, checksum);
+	snprintf(aux, SMALL_BUFF_SIZE, "\n\n%%SHA256SUM%%\n%s", checksum);
+	if (buff_size < strlen(description) + SMALL_BUFF_SIZE + 1) {
+		description = realloc(description, buff_size * 2);
+		buff_size *= 2;
+	}
+	strcat(description, aux);
+
+	ADD_STRING("\n\n%%URL%%\n%s", url);
+	ADD_ARRAY("\n\n%%LICENSE%%\n%s", licenses);
+	ADD_STRING("\n\n%%ARCH%%\n%s", arch);
+	ADD_STRING("\n\n%%BUILDDATE%%\n%ld", build_date);
+	ADD_STRING("\n\n%%PACKAGER%%\n%s", packager);
+	ADD_ARRAY("\n\n%%REPLACES%%\n%s", replaces);
+	ADD_ARRAY("\n\n%%CONFLICTS%%\n%s", conflicts);
+	ADD_ARRAY("\n\n%%PROVIDES%%\n%s", provides);
+	ADD_ARRAY("\n\n%%DEPENDS%%\n%s", depends);
+	ADD_ARRAY("\n\n%%OPTDEPENDS%%\n%s", optdepends);
+	ADD_ARRAY("\n\n%%MAKEDEPENDS%%\n%s", makedepends);
+	ADD_ARRAY("\n\n%%CHECKDEPENDS%%\n%s", checkdepends);
+
+	snprintf(aux, SMALL_BUFF_SIZE, "\n\n");
+	strcat(description, aux);
+
+	return description;
+}
diff --git a/src/package/package_info.c b/src/package/package_info.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e1986d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/package/package_info.c
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
+#include "package_info.h"
+
+#define PKG_INFO_STRING(key_ptr, field) if ((value_ptr = strstr(value_ptr, key_ptr)) != NULL) { \
+	value_ptr += strlen(key_ptr);\
+	tail_ptr = strchr(value_ptr, '\n');\
+	tail_ptr[0] = '\0'; \
+	pkg_info->field = strdup(value_ptr); \
+	tail_ptr[0] = '\n'; \
+} value_ptr = tail_ptr;
+
+#define PKG_INFO_INT(key_ptr, field) value_ptr = strstr(value_ptr, key_ptr) + strlen(key_ptr);\
+									tail_ptr = strchr(value_ptr, '\n');\
+									tail_ptr[0] = '\0'; \
+									pkg_info->field = atoi(value_ptr); \
+									tail_ptr[0] = '\n'; \
+									value_ptr = tail_ptr;
+
+#define PKG_INFO_ARRAY(key_ptr, field) while((value_ptr = strstr(value_ptr, key_ptr)) != NULL){ \
+	value_ptr = value_ptr + strlen(key_ptr);\
+	tail_ptr = strchr(value_ptr, '\n'); \
+	tail_ptr[0] = '\0'; \
+	if(pkg_info->field == NULL) { pkg_info->field = dynarray_init(4); } \
+	dynarray_add(pkg_info->field, value_ptr); \
+	tail_ptr[0] = '\n'; \
+	value_ptr = tail_ptr;\
+} value_ptr = tail_ptr;
+
+PkgInfo *package_info_init() {
+	return calloc(1, sizeof(PkgInfo));
+}
+
+void package_info_free(PkgInfo *pkg_info) {
+	FREE_STRING(pkg_info->name);
+	FREE_STRING(pkg_info->base);
+	FREE_STRING(pkg_info->version);
+	FREE_STRING(pkg_info->description);
+	FREE_STRING(pkg_info->url);
+	FREE_STRING(pkg_info->arch);
+	FREE_STRING(pkg_info->packager);
+	FREE_STRING(pkg_info->pgpsig);
+
+	dynarray_free(pkg_info->groups);
+	dynarray_free(pkg_info->licenses);
+	dynarray_free(pkg_info->replaces);
+	dynarray_free(pkg_info->depends);
+	dynarray_free(pkg_info->conflicts);
+	dynarray_free(pkg_info->provides);
+	dynarray_free(pkg_info->optdepends);
+	dynarray_free(pkg_info->makedepends);
+	dynarray_free(pkg_info->checkdepends);
+
+	free(pkg_info);
+}
+
+void package_info_parse(PkgInfo *pkg_info, char *pkg_info_str) {
+	char *value_ptr = pkg_info_str, *tail_ptr;
+
+	PKG_INFO_STRING("\npkgname = ", name);
+	PKG_INFO_STRING("\npkgbase = ", base);
+	PKG_INFO_STRING("\npkgver = ", version);
+	PKG_INFO_STRING("\npkgdesc = ", description);
+	PKG_INFO_STRING("\nurl = ", url);
+	PKG_INFO_INT("\nbuilddate = ", build_date);
+	PKG_INFO_STRING("\npackager = ", packager);
+	PKG_INFO_INT("\nsize = ", size);
+	PKG_INFO_STRING("\narch = ", arch);
+	PKG_INFO_ARRAY("\nlicense = ", licenses);
+	PKG_INFO_ARRAY("\nreplaces = ", replaces);
+	PKG_INFO_ARRAY("\ngroup = ", groups);
+	PKG_INFO_ARRAY("\nconflict = ", conflicts);
+	PKG_INFO_ARRAY("\nprovides = ", provides);
+	PKG_INFO_ARRAY("\ndepend = ", depends);
+	PKG_INFO_ARRAY("\noptdepend = ", optdepends);
+	PKG_INFO_ARRAY("\nmakedepend = ", makedepends);
+	PKG_INFO_ARRAY("\ncheckdepend = ", checkdepends);
+
+}
diff --git a/test/package/.PKGINFO b/test/package/.PKGINFO
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7113061
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/package/.PKGINFO
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Generated by makepkg 6.0.2
+# using fakeroot version 1.30.1
+pkgname = xcursor-dmz
+pkgbase = xcursor-dmz
+pkgver = 0.4.5-2
+pkgdesc = Style neutral, scalable cursor theme
+url = https://packages.debian.org/sid/dmz-cursor-theme
+builddate = 1673751613
+packager = Unknown Packager
+size = 3469584
+arch = any
+license = MIT
+replaces = test1
+group = x11
+conflict = test2
+conflict = test3
+provides = test4
+depend = test5
+depend = test6
+optdepend = test7
+makedepend = xorg-xcursorgen
+checkdepend = test8
diff --git a/test/package/desc b/test/package/desc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d583af1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/package/desc
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+%FILENAME%
+xcursor-dmz-0.4.5-2-any.pkg.tar.zst
+
+%NAME%
+xcursor-dmz
+
+%BASE%
+xcursor-dmz
+
+%VERSION%
+0.4.5-2
+
+%DESC%
+Style neutral, scalable cursor theme
+
+%GROUPS%
+x11
+
+%CSIZE%
+328282
+
+%ISIZE%
+3469584
+
+%SHA256SUM%
+4f4bce9e975334ed7775ff4ddf4d2e82e411d599802f6179a122f89149f53bfb
+
+%URL%
+https://packages.debian.org/sid/dmz-cursor-theme
+
+%LICENSE%
+MIT
+
+%ARCH%
+any
+
+%BUILDDATE%
+1673751613
+
+%PACKAGER%
+Unknown Packager
+
+%MAKEDEPENDS%
+xorg-xcursorgen
+
diff --git a/test/package/files b/test/package/files
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aab44b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/package/files
@@ -0,0 +1,243 @@
+%FILES%
+usr/
+usr/share/
+usr/share/icons/
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursor.theme
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/00008160000006810000408080010102
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/028006030e0e7ebffc7f7070c0600140
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/03b6e0fcb3499374a867c041f52298f0
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/08e8e1c95fe2fc01f976f1e063a24ccd
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/1081e37283d90000800003c07f3ef6bf
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/14fef782d02440884392942c11205230
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/2870a09082c103050810ffdffffe0204
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/3085a0e285430894940527032f8b26df
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/3ecb610c1bf2410f44200f48c40d3599
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/4498f0e0c1937ffe01fd06f973665830
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/5c6cd98b3f3ebcb1f9c7f1c204630408
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/6407b0e94181790501fd1e167b474872
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/640fb0e74195791501fd1ed57b41487f
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/9081237383d90e509aa00f00170e968f
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/9d800788f1b08800ae810202380a0822
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/X_cursor
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/alias
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/arrow
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/bd_double_arrow
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/bottom_left_corner
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/bottom_right_corner
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/bottom_side
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/bottom_tee
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/c7088f0f3e6c8088236ef8e1e3e70000
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/circle
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/col-resize
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/color-picker
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/copy
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/cross
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/cross_reverse
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/crossed_circle
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/crosshair
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/d9ce0ab605698f320427677b458ad60b
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/default
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/diamond_cross
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/dnd-ask
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/dnd-copy
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/dnd-link
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/dnd-move
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/dnd-none
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/dot_box_mask
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/dotbox
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/double_arrow
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/draft_large
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/draft_small
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/draped_box
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/e-resize
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/e29285e634086352946a0e7090d73106
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/ew-resize
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/fcf1c3c7cd4491d801f1e1c78f100000
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/fd_double_arrow
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/fleur
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/grab
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/grabbing
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/h_double_arrow
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/hand
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/hand1
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/hand2
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/help
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/icon
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/left_ptr
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/left_ptr_help
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/left_ptr_watch
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/left_side
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/left_tee
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/link
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/ll_angle
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/lr_angle
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/move
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/n-resize
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/ne-resize
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/nesw-resize
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/not-allowed
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/ns-resize
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/nw-resize
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/nwse-resize
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/openhand
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/pencil
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/pirate
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/plus
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/pointer
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/progress
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/question_arrow
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/right_ptr
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/right_side
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/right_tee
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/row-resize
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/s-resize
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/sb_down_arrow
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/sb_h_double_arrow
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/sb_left_arrow
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/sb_right_arrow
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/sb_up_arrow
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/sb_v_double_arrow
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/se-resize
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/size_bdiag
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/size_fdiag
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/size_hor
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/size_ver
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/sw-resize
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/target
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/tcross
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/text
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/top_left_arrow
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/top_left_corner
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/top_right_corner
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/top_side
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/top_tee
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/ul_angle
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/ur_angle
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/v_double_arrow
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/w-resize
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/wait
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/watch
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-Black/cursors/xterm
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursor.theme
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/00008160000006810000408080010102
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/028006030e0e7ebffc7f7070c0600140
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/03b6e0fcb3499374a867c041f52298f0
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/08e8e1c95fe2fc01f976f1e063a24ccd
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/1081e37283d90000800003c07f3ef6bf
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/14fef782d02440884392942c11205230
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/2870a09082c103050810ffdffffe0204
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/3085a0e285430894940527032f8b26df
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/3ecb610c1bf2410f44200f48c40d3599
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/4498f0e0c1937ffe01fd06f973665830
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/5c6cd98b3f3ebcb1f9c7f1c204630408
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/6407b0e94181790501fd1e167b474872
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/640fb0e74195791501fd1ed57b41487f
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/9081237383d90e509aa00f00170e968f
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/9d800788f1b08800ae810202380a0822
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/X_cursor
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/alias
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/arrow
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/bd_double_arrow
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/bottom_left_corner
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/bottom_right_corner
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/bottom_side
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/bottom_tee
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/c7088f0f3e6c8088236ef8e1e3e70000
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/circle
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/col-resize
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/color-picker
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/copy
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/cross
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/cross_reverse
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/crossed_circle
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/crosshair
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/d9ce0ab605698f320427677b458ad60b
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/default
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/diamond_cross
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/dnd-ask
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/dnd-copy
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/dnd-link
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/dnd-move
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/dnd-none
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/dot_box_mask
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/dotbox
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/double_arrow
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/draft_large
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/draft_small
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/draped_box
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/e-resize
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/e29285e634086352946a0e7090d73106
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/ew-resize
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/fcf1c3c7cd4491d801f1e1c78f100000
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/fd_double_arrow
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/fleur
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/grab
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/grabbing
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/h_double_arrow
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/hand
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/hand1
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/hand2
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/help
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/icon
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/left_ptr
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/left_ptr_help
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/left_ptr_watch
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/left_side
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/left_tee
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/link
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/ll_angle
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/lr_angle
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/move
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/n-resize
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/ne-resize
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/nesw-resize
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/not-allowed
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/ns-resize
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/nw-resize
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/nwse-resize
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/openhand
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/pencil
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/pirate
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/plus
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/pointer
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/progress
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/question_arrow
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/right_ptr
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/right_side
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/right_tee
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/row-resize
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/s-resize
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/sb_down_arrow
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/sb_h_double_arrow
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/sb_left_arrow
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/sb_right_arrow
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/sb_up_arrow
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/sb_v_double_arrow
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/se-resize
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/size_bdiag
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/size_fdiag
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/size_hor
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/size_ver
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/sw-resize
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/target
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/tcross
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/text
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/top_left_arrow
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/top_left_corner
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/top_right_corner
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/top_side
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/top_tee
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/ul_angle
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/ur_angle
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/v_double_arrow
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/w-resize
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/wait
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/watch
+usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursors/xterm
+usr/share/licenses/
+usr/share/licenses/xcursor-dmz/
+usr/share/licenses/xcursor-dmz/LICENSE
diff --git a/test/package/test_package.c b/test/package/test_package.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c0c7085
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/package/test_package.c
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+#include "acutest.h"
+#include "package.h"
+
+void test_pkg_info_parse() {
+    FILE *f = fopen("./test/package/.PKGINFO", "r");
+	TEST_ASSERT_(f != NULL, "could not find test .PKGINFO file in ./test/package ");
+	fseek(f, 0L, SEEK_END);
+	size_t size = ftell(f);
+	fflush(stdout);
+	rewind(f);
+	char *pkg_info_str = malloc(size);
+	fread(pkg_info_str, 1, size, f);
+	fclose(f);
+	PkgInfo *pkg_info = package_info_init();
+	package_info_parse(pkg_info, pkg_info_str);
+
+	TEST_CHECK(!strcmp(pkg_info->name, "xcursor-dmz"));
+	TEST_CHECK(!strcmp(pkg_info->base, "xcursor-dmz"));
+	TEST_CHECK(!strcmp(pkg_info->version, "0.4.5-2"));
+	TEST_CHECK(!strcmp(pkg_info->description, "Style neutral, scalable cursor theme"));
+	TEST_CHECK(!strcmp(pkg_info->url, "https://packages.debian.org/sid/dmz-cursor-theme"));
+	TEST_CHECK(pkg_info->build_date == 1673751613);
+	TEST_CHECK(!strcmp(pkg_info->packager, "Unknown Packager"));
+	TEST_CHECK(pkg_info->size == 3469584);
+	TEST_CHECK(!strcmp(pkg_info->arch, "any"));
+
+	TEST_CHECK(!strcmp(pkg_info->licenses->array[0], "MIT"));
+	TEST_CHECK(!strcmp(pkg_info->replaces->array[0], "test1"));
+	TEST_CHECK(!strcmp(pkg_info->groups->array[0], "x11"));
+	TEST_CHECK(!strcmp(pkg_info->conflicts->array[0], "test2"));
+	TEST_CHECK(!strcmp(pkg_info->conflicts->array[1], "test3"));
+	TEST_CHECK(!strcmp(pkg_info->provides->array[0], "test4"));
+	TEST_CHECK(!strcmp(pkg_info->depends->array[0], "test5"));
+	TEST_CHECK(!strcmp(pkg_info->depends->array[1], "test6"));
+	TEST_CHECK(!strcmp(pkg_info->optdepends->array[0], "test7"));
+	TEST_CHECK(!strcmp(pkg_info->makedepends->array[0], "xorg-xcursorgen"));
+	TEST_CHECK(!strcmp(pkg_info->checkdepends->array[0], "test8"));
+}
+
+void test_pkg_read_archive_files() {
+	Pkg *pkg = package_read_archive("./test/package/xcursor-dmz-0.4.5-2-any.pkg.tar.zst");
+	TEST_ASSERT_(pkg != NULL, "failure parsing pkg archive");
+
+	FILE *f = fopen("./test/package/files", "r");
+	TEST_ASSERT_(f != NULL, "could not find test files file in ./test/package");
+	char buff[128];
+	size_t i = 0;
+
+	while ((fgets(buff, 128, f)) != NULL || i < pkg->files->size) {
+		if (buff[strlen(buff) - 1] == '\n') {
+			buff[strlen(buff) - 1] = '\0';
+		}
+
+		TEST_CHECK_(!strcmp(pkg->files->array[i], buff), "%s != %s", pkg->files->array[i], buff);
+		i++;
+	}
+	TEST_CHECK(pkg->compression = 14);
+
+}
+
+void test_pkg_read_archive_desc() {
+	Pkg *pkg = package_read_archive("./test/package/xcursor-dmz-0.4.5-2-any.pkg.tar.zst");
+	TEST_ASSERT_(pkg != NULL, "failure parsing pkg archive");
+
+	char *description = package_to_description(pkg);
+
+	FILE *f = fopen("./test/package/desc", "r");
+	TEST_ASSERT_(f != NULL, "could not find test desc file in ./test/package");
+	fseek(f, 0, SEEK_END);
+	size_t size = ftell(f);
+	rewind(f);
+	char *desc = malloc(size);
+	fread(desc, 1, size, f);
+	fclose(f);
+
+	TEST_CHECK(!strcmp(description, desc));
+}
+
+TEST_LIST = {
+	{"pkg_info_valid_parse", test_pkg_info_parse},
+	{"pkg_read_archive_files", test_pkg_read_archive_files},
+	{"pkg_read_archive_desc", test_pkg_read_archive_desc},
+	{NULL, NULL}
+};
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