dotbackup on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 24,2024

1. Install "dotbackup" 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 dotbackup on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall dotbackup on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1391542
Name: dotbackup
PackageBaseID: 200602
PackageBase: dotbackup
Version: 0.0.7-1
Description: YAML config based backup utility
URL: https://github.com/jaxvanyang/dotbackup
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: jaxvanyang
Submitter: jaxvanyang
FirstSubmitted: 1702707095
LastModified: 1706079478
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/dotbackup.tar.gz