defrag on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 25,2024

1. Install "defrag" 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 defrag on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall defrag on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 889664
Name: defrag
PackageBaseID: 4316
PackageBase: defrag
Version: 0.08-2
Description: A braindead simple and filesystem agnostic defragmentation script
URL: http://ck.kolivas.org/apps/defrag/
NumVotes: 36
Popularity: 5.0E-5
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Slash
Submitter: Slash
FirstSubmitted: 1145471268
LastModified: 1617923893
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/defrag.tar.gz