dotfiles on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "dotfiles" 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 dotfiles on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall dotfiles on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 211485
Name: dotfiles
PackageBaseID: 68071
PackageBase: dotfiles
Version: 0.6.4-2
Description: A tool to make managing your dotfile symlinks in $HOME easy, allowing you to keep all of them in a single directory.
URL: https://github.com/jbernard/dotfiles
NumVotes: 6
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: infernal
Submitter: stiost
FirstSubmitted: 1363160324
LastModified: 1436860453
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/dotfiles.tar.gz