cmdline on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 04,2025

1. Install "cmdline" 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 cmdline on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall cmdline on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 587699
Name: cmdline
PackageBaseID: 139232
PackageBase: cmdline
Version: 2.1-1
Description: Generates a kernel cmdline string from /etc/cmdline and /etc/cmdline.d/
URL: https://github.com/jrouleau/cmdline
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: jrouleau
Submitter: jrouleau
FirstSubmitted: 1549128793
LastModified: 1550607564
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/cmdline.tar.gz