csmith on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "csmith" 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 csmith on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall csmith on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1424872
Name: csmith
PackageBaseID: 104337
PackageBase: csmith
Version: 2.3.0-3
Description: Tool for stress-testing compilers, static analyzers, and other tools that process C code
URL: http://embed.cs.utah.edu/csmith/
NumVotes: 6
Popularity: 0.565982
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Kritias
Submitter: jerry73204
FirstSubmitted: 1449591764
LastModified: 1710152663
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/csmith.tar.gz