dosbox-staging on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: March 09,2025

1. Install "dosbox-staging" 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 dosbox-staging on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                dosbox-staging
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall dosbox-staging on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                dosbox-staging
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "dosbox-staging" 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 dosbox-staging's git locally


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


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

ID: 1425347
Name: dosbox-staging
PackageBaseID: 150188
PackageBase: dosbox-staging
Version: 1:0.81.0-4
Description: DOS/x86 emulator focusing on ease of use. Based on DOSBox
URL: https://github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging
NumVotes: 46
Popularity: 1.855704
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: silverhikari
Submitter: sharkwouter
FirstSubmitted: 1584193077
LastModified: 1710185646
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/dosbox-staging.tar.gz