backupfs-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 04,2025

1. Install "backupfs-git" 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-git on Arch using YAY


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


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


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


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

ID: 294545
Name: backupfs-git
PackageBaseID: 110192
PackageBase: backupfs-git
Version: r11.6365b8d-1
Description: A network extended command level clone of the Plan 9 dump file system.
URL: https://github.com/hariguchi/backupfs
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate: 1704748637
Maintainer: aksr
Submitter: aksr
FirstSubmitted: 1460871782
LastModified: 1460871812
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/backupfs-git.tar.gz