doasedit on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: March 14,2025

1. Install "doasedit" 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 doasedit on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall doasedit on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1007748
Name: doasedit
PackageBaseID: 170613
PackageBase: doasedit
Version: 0.7-1
Description: Allow doas users to edit root-owned files by running an unpriviledged editor
URL: https://gitlab.com/magnustesshu/doasedit
NumVotes: 3
Popularity: 0.00336
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: magnus-tesshu
Submitter: magnus-tesshu
FirstSubmitted: 1630447704
LastModified: 1640074032
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/doasedit.tar.gz