discspan on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 15,2024

1. Install "discspan" 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 discspan on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall discspan on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 200978
Name: discspan
PackageBaseID: 39350
PackageBase: discspan
Version: 0.2.2-2
Description: Backup a directory of files to multiple DVDs on the Linux platform
URL: http://sourceforge.net/projects/discspan/
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: stativ
Submitter: stativ
FirstSubmitted: 1280743602
LastModified: 1434888501
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/discspan.tar.gz