astleyrm on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 01,2025

1. Install "astleyrm" 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 astleyrm on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall astleyrm on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "astleyrm" 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 astleyrm's git locally


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


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

ID: 327419
Name: astleyrm
PackageBaseID: 114320
PackageBase: astleyrm
Version: 1-1
Description: Rickroll whoever tries to desert (rm -rf) your *NIX system, even root.
URL: https://praticamentetilde.github.io/linux/2016/07/28/how-to-rickroll-people-launching-rm-rf-on-your-system.html
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate: 1655308802
Maintainer: maggicl
Submitter: maggicl
FirstSubmitted: 1470502051
LastModified: 1470503889
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/astleyrm.tar.gz