cryptobox on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 31,2025

1. Install "cryptobox" 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 cryptobox on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall cryptobox on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 989562
Name: cryptobox
PackageBaseID: 57989
PackageBase: cryptobox
Version: 20211115.r14.d939c56-1
Description: A script that makes it easy to create, mount and unmount encrypted images in Linux using LUKS
URL: https://github.com/prurigro/cryptobox
NumVotes: 7
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: prurigro
Submitter: prurigro
FirstSubmitted: 1332833170
LastModified: 1637035973
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/cryptobox.tar.gz