bluez-hcitool on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 23,2024

1. Install "bluez-hcitool" 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 bluez-hcitool on Arch using YAY


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


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


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


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

ID: 1386129
Name: bluez-hcitool
PackageBaseID: 165365
PackageBase: bluez-hcitool
Version: 5.72-1
Description: deprecated hcitool from bluez
URL: http://www.bluez.org/
NumVotes: 9
Popularity: 0.076976
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: fixeria
Submitter: sergej
FirstSubmitted: 1617823878
LastModified: 1705315718
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/bluez-hcitool.tar.gz