checkpassword on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 27,2024

1. Install "checkpassword" 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 checkpassword on Arch using YAY


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


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


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


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

ID: 203931
Name: checkpassword
PackageBaseID: 22595
PackageBase: checkpassword
Version: 0.90-1
Description: A simple, uniform password-checking interface to all root applications
URL: http://cr.yp.to/checkpwd.html
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Dragonlord
Submitter: Allan
FirstSubmitted: 1230466759
LastModified: 1435504443
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/checkpassword.tar.gz