biosdevname on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 25,2024

1. Install "biosdevname" 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 biosdevname on Arch using YAY


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


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


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


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

ID: 442493
Name: biosdevname
PackageBaseID: 45769
PackageBase: biosdevname
Version: 0.7.3-1
Description: Udev helper for naming devices per BIOS names
URL: https://github.com/dell/biosdevname
NumVotes: 8
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer:
Submitter: graziano
FirstSubmitted: 1295980913
LastModified: 1505059392
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/biosdevname.tar.gz