adduser on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "adduser" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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b. Install adduser on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall adduser on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "adduser" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
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b. Clone adduser's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/adduser.git 
            
                        
                ~/adduser
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/adduser folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/adduser
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the adduser package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1361490
Name: adduser
PackageBaseID: 101839
PackageBase: adduser
Version: 1.18-1
Description: Interactive front end to /usr/bin/useradd from Slackware Linux
URL: http://www.slackware.com/
NumVotes: 34
Popularity: 0.387462
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: FryDay
Submitter: maz-1
FirstSubmitted: 1444795554
LastModified: 1701182796
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/adduser.tar.gz