diskscan on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 10,2025

1. Install "diskscan" 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 diskscan on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall diskscan on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 535437
Name: diskscan
PackageBaseID: 102468
PackageBase: diskscan
Version: 0.20-1
Description: CLI tool to scan block devices for unreadable sectors
URL: https://github.com/baruch/diskscan
NumVotes: 5
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: jdn06
Submitter: jdn06
FirstSubmitted: 1445906031
LastModified: 1534374951
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/diskscan.tar.gz