coolkey on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 12,2024

1. Install "coolkey" 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 coolkey on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall coolkey on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 659350
Name: coolkey
PackageBaseID: 27416
PackageBase: coolkey
Version: 1.1.0_36-2
Description: Provides PKCS11 module support for smart-card readers, now with 144k smartcard/CAC support and downstream Fedora patches.
URL: http://directory.fedora.redhat.com/wiki/CoolKey
NumVotes: 17
Popularity: 0.278113
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: n17ikh
Submitter: arch-nemesis
FirstSubmitted: 1245423952
LastModified: 1571957443
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/coolkey.tar.gz