areca-beta on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 24,2024

1. Install "areca-beta" 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 areca-beta on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall areca-beta on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "areca-beta" 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 areca-beta's git locally


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


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

ID: 273827
Name: areca-beta
PackageBaseID: 59073
PackageBase: areca-beta
Version: 7.4.9-3
Description: Personal file backup software supporting compression, encryption and incremental backups.
URL: http://www.areca-backup.org
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: SanskritFritz
Submitter: SanskritFritz
FirstSubmitted: 1336380312
LastModified: 1455116887
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/areca-beta.tar.gz