dirvish on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 10,2025

1. Install "dirvish" 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 dirvish on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall dirvish on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 437032
Name: dirvish
PackageBaseID: 115585
PackageBase: dirvish
Version: 1.2.1-1
Description: Dirvish is a fast, disk based, rotating network backup system.
URL: http://www.dirvish.org/
NumVotes: 3
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: severach
Submitter:
FirstSubmitted: 1474120672
LastModified: 1503167900
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/dirvish.tar.gz