autohosts on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 29,2024

1. Install "autohosts" 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 autohosts on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall autohosts on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 760673
Name: autohosts
PackageBaseID: 155130
PackageBase: autohosts
Version: 3.0.1-1
Description: Automate hosts file updates on Linux and MacOS. Block Firefox telemetry, Google snooping and web trackers at the root
URL: https://github.com/angela-d/autohosts
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer:
Submitter: ragouel
FirstSubmitted: 1593910121
LastModified: 1593910121
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/autohosts.tar.gz