authenticator on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 12,2024

1. Install "authenticator" 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 authenticator on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                authenticator
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall authenticator on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                authenticator
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "authenticator" 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 authenticator's git locally


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


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

ID: 1352504
Name: authenticator
PackageBaseID: 131042
PackageBase: authenticator
Version: 4.4.0-2
Description: 2FA code generator for GNOME
URL: https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/Authenticator
NumVotes: 28
Popularity: 0.021031
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: stalone
Submitter: lll2yu
FirstSubmitted: 1521829428
LastModified: 1699889744
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/authenticator.tar.gz