authbind on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "authbind" 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 authbind on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall authbind on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 417580
Name: authbind
PackageBaseID: 11188
PackageBase: authbind
Version: 2.1.2-1
Description: Allows non-root programs to bind() to low TCP ports (0-1023)
URL: http://packages.qa.debian.org/a/authbind.html
NumVotes: 29
Popularity: 0.571574
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: evana
Submitter: ant
FirstSubmitted: 1180105131
LastModified: 1496777786
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/authbind.tar.gz