diff -ur repo-clean-0.1.3.xz/src/repo-clean.cpp repo-clean-0.1.3/src/repo-clean.cpp
--- repo-clean-0.1.3.xz/src/repo-clean.cpp	2012-01-21 17:41:30.000000000 +1100
+++ repo-clean-0.1.3/src/repo-clean.cpp	2012-01-21 17:19:26.700577264 +1100
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
 
 #define _(String) gettext (String)
 #define foreach BOOST_FOREACH
+#define ROOT "/"
+#define DBPATH "/var/lib/pacman/"
 
 struct version_item
 {
@@ -201,13 +203,14 @@
     // build comp_tree
     arch_comparing_tree arch_comp_tree;
     int total = list.size(), err = 0, ign = 0;
-    alpm_initialize();
+    alpm_handle_t *handle;
+    handle = alpm_initialize(ROOT, DBPATH, NULL);
     for (unsigned int i = 0; i < list.size(); i++)
     {
         // load package
-        pmpkg_t *pkg= NULL;
+        alpm_pkg_t *pkg= NULL;
         std::string path = list[i];
-        if (alpm_pkg_load(path.c_str(), 0, &pkg) == 0)
+        if (alpm_pkg_load(handle, path.c_str(), 0, ALPM_SIG_USE_DEFAULT, &pkg) == 0)
         {
             std::string pkg_name = alpm_pkg_get_name(pkg);
             std::string pkg_version = alpm_pkg_get_version(pkg);
@@ -233,7 +236,7 @@
         }
     }
     VERBOSE_PRINTF(_("%cTotal: %d  Ignored: %d  Corrupted: %d\n"), '\r', total, ign, err);
-    alpm_release();
+    alpm_release(handle);
 
     // check if comp_tree contain multiversion packages
     bool found_multiversions = false;