autotrash on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 27,2024

1. Install "autotrash" 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 autotrash on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall autotrash on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1316079
Name: autotrash
PackageBaseID: 162621
PackageBase: autotrash
Version: 0.4.6-1
Description: Tool to automatically purge old trashed files
URL: https://github.com/bneijt/autotrash
NumVotes: 6
Popularity: 0.000225
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: MithicSpirit
Submitter: MithicSpirit
FirstSubmitted: 1611841204
LastModified: 1694212833
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/autotrash.tar.gz