boringssl-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 03,2025

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


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


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


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


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

ID: 530917
Name: boringssl-git
PackageBaseID: 133453
PackageBase: boringssl-git
Version: fips.20170615.1031.g548c27646-1
Description: BoringSSL is a fork of OpenSSL that is designed to meet Google's needs
URL: https://boringssl.googlesource.com/boringssl
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: vbmithr
Submitter: vbmithr
FirstSubmitted: 1528900283
LastModified: 1533110220
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/boringssl-git.tar.gz