dnstracer on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "dnstracer" 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 dnstracer on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall dnstracer on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 904006
Name: dnstracer
PackageBaseID: 166551
PackageBase: dnstracer
Version: 1.10-1
Description: Determines where a given DNS server gets its information from, and follows the chain of DNS servers
URL: https://www.mavetju.org/unix/dnstracer.php
NumVotes: 6
Popularity: 0.63819
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: r4um
Submitter: arojas
FirstSubmitted: 1620464993
LastModified: 1620464993
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/dnstracer.tar.gz