disktype on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "disktype" 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 disktype on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall disktype on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1253607
Name: disktype
PackageBaseID: 18619
PackageBase: disktype
Version: 9-5
Description: a utility to detect the content format of a disk or disk image
URL: https://disktype.sourceforge.net
NumVotes: 14
Popularity: 2.0E-6
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: jose1711
Submitter: jose1711
FirstSubmitted: 1216918837
LastModified: 1683377737
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/disktype.tar.gz