clean-home on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 03,2025

1. Install "clean-home" 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 clean-home on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall clean-home on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "clean-home" 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 clean-home's git locally


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


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

ID: 851165
Name: clean-home
PackageBaseID: 138304
PackageBase: clean-home
Version: 0.8-1
Description: Cleans up user's home directory by analyzing '.' config files/directories against a collaboratively maintained database
URL: https://sourceforge.net/projects/cleanHome/
NumVotes: 2
Popularity: 1.1E-5
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Xavion
Submitter: Xavion
FirstSubmitted: 1545730473
LastModified: 1611265821
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/clean-home.tar.gz