dongle-unlock on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "dongle-unlock" 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 dongle-unlock on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                dongle-unlock
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall dongle-unlock on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                dongle-unlock
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "dongle-unlock" 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 dongle-unlock's git locally


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


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

ID: 614117
Name: dongle-unlock
PackageBaseID: 129493
PackageBase: dongle-unlock
Version: 1.1-1
Description: Automatically unlock encrypted devices with a thumbdrive-dongle or enter a passphrase to unlock them during boot with systemd. Conflicts probably with entries in /etc/crypttab
URL:
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: ManU
Submitter: ManU
FirstSubmitted: 1516967649
LastModified: 1558288970
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/dongle-unlock.tar.gz