bmap-tools on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "bmap-tools" 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 bmap-tools on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall bmap-tools on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "bmap-tools" 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 bmap-tools's git locally


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


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

ID: 1356021
Name: bmap-tools
PackageBaseID: 68792
PackageBase: bmap-tools
Version: 3.7-1
Description: Tool optimized for copying largely sparse files using information from a block map (bmap) file
URL: https://github.com/intel/bmap-tools
NumVotes: 12
Popularity: 0.867947
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: 2bluesc
Submitter: pnorcks
FirstSubmitted: 1365040044
LastModified: 1700453233
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/bmap-tools.tar.gz