backupfs on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: July 02,2024

1. Install "backupfs" 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 backupfs on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall backupfs on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 294486
Name: backupfs
PackageBaseID: 110184
PackageBase: backupfs
Version: 1.0beta10-1
Description: A network extended command level clone of the Plan 9 dump file system.
URL: https://sourceforge.net/projects/backupfs/
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate: 1704746235
Maintainer: aksr
Submitter: aksr
FirstSubmitted: 1460849720
LastModified: 1460849771
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/backupfs.tar.gz