dotpac on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 13,2024

1. Install "dotpac" 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 dotpac on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall dotpac on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 240634
Name: dotpac
PackageBaseID: 3017
PackageBase: dotpac
Version: 0.4-4
Description: Bash script to get rid of *.pac* files.
URL: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/dotpac
NumVotes: 48
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: jakob
Submitter: jakob
FirstSubmitted: 1135544086
LastModified: 1445105978
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/dotpac.tar.gz