cros-container-guest-tools-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 27,2024

1. Install "cros-container-guest-tools-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 cros-container-guest-tools-git on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                cros-container-guest-tools-git
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall cros-container-guest-tools-git on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                cros-container-guest-tools-git
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "cros-container-guest-tools-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 cros-container-guest-tools-git's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/cros-container-guest-tools-git.git 
            
                        
                ~/cros-container-guest-tools-git
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/cros-container-guest-tools-git folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/cros-container-guest-tools-git
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the cros-container-guest-tools-git package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1246248
Name: cros-container-guest-tools-git
PackageBaseID: 132728
PackageBase: cros-container-guest-tools-git
Version: r403.0c2dcc71-1
Description: Linux guest tools for the Crostini containers on ChromeOS
URL: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/containers/cros-container-guest-tools
NumVotes: 19
Popularity: 0.013323
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: mshaugh
Submitter: ava1ar
FirstSubmitted: 1527058417
LastModified: 1682441463
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/cros-container-guest-tools-git.tar.gz