bsdiff on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "bsdiff" 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 bsdiff on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall bsdiff on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1269546
Name: bsdiff
PackageBaseID: 194408
PackageBase: bsdiff
Version: 4.3-1
Description: bsdiff and bspatch are tools for building and applying patches to binary files
URL: https://www.daemonology.net/bsdiff/
NumVotes: 2
Popularity: 0.372765
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: dviktor
Submitter: dviktor
FirstSubmitted: 1686078766
LastModified: 1686166745
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/bsdiff.tar.gz