btrfs-snapshots on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 27,2024

1. Install "btrfs-snapshots" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)

$ sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si

b. Install btrfs-snapshots on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S btrfs-snapshots

* (Optional) Uninstall btrfs-snapshots on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns btrfs-snapshots

2. Manually Install "btrfs-snapshots" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:

$ sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git

b. Clone btrfs-snapshots's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/btrfs-snapshots.git ~/btrfs-snapshots

c. Go to ~/btrfs-snapshots folder and install it

$ cd ~/btrfs-snapshots $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the btrfs-snapshots package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1388441
Name: btrfs-snapshots
PackageBaseID: 170311
PackageBase: btrfs-snapshots
Version: 0.8.3-1
Description: Manage timestamped collections of btrfs snapshots
URL: https://git.sr.ht/~jmcantrell/btrfs-snapshots
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: jmcantrell
Submitter: jmcantrell
FirstSubmitted: 1629827834
LastModified: 1705624623
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/btrfs-snapshots.tar.gz