captive-browser-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 02,2025

1. Install "captive-browser-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 captive-browser-git on Arch using YAY


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


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


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


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

ID: 941058
Name: captive-browser-git
PackageBaseID: 128552
PackageBase: captive-browser-git
Version: r19.0293a07-2
Description: A dedicated Chrome instance to log into captive portals without messing with DNS settings
URL: https://blog.filippo.io/captive-browser
NumVotes: 3
Popularity: 0.002755
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: chrissnell
Submitter: chrissnell
FirstSubmitted: 1514842848
LastModified: 1627589049
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/captive-browser-git.tar.gz