browser-vacuum on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: June 03,2024

1. Install "browser-vacuum" 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 browser-vacuum on Arch using YAY


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


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


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


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

ID: 804717
Name: browser-vacuum
PackageBaseID: 62857
PackageBase: browser-vacuum
Version: 4-21
Description: Defragment and clean database files from firefox and chromium based browsers.
URL: https://github.com/skydrome/random/blob/master/shell/browser-vacuum.sh
NumVotes: 60
Popularity: 1.2E-5
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: skydrome
Submitter: skydrome
FirstSubmitted: 1347817945
LastModified: 1602737250
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/browser-vacuum.tar.gz