blocky on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: September 28,2024

1. Install "blocky" 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 blocky on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall blocky on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1424471
Name: blocky
PackageBaseID: 151579
PackageBase: blocky
Version: 0.23-2
Description: Fast and lightweight DNS proxy as ad-blocker
URL: https://github.com/0xERR0R/blocky
NumVotes: 2
Popularity: 0.790359
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: nicolarevelant
Submitter: ilpianista
FirstSubmitted: 1587020907
LastModified: 1710092222
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/blocky.tar.gz