doas on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "doas" 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 doas on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall doas on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 961330
Name: doas
PackageBaseID: 146151
PackageBase: doas
Version: 6.3p6-1
Description: A port of OpenBSD's doas(1), an alternative to sudo(1)
URL: https://github.com/slicer69/doas
NumVotes: 9
Popularity: 0.753141
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: scrouthtv
Submitter: KingofToasters
FirstSubmitted: 1572161254
LastModified: 1631712767
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/doas.tar.gz