dwarfs-bin on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 13,2024

1. Install "dwarfs-bin" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)

$ sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si

b. Install dwarfs-bin on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S dwarfs-bin

* (Optional) Uninstall dwarfs-bin on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns dwarfs-bin

2. Manually Install "dwarfs-bin" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:

$ sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git

b. Clone dwarfs-bin's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/dwarfs-bin.git ~/dwarfs-bin

c. Go to ~/dwarfs-bin folder and install it

$ cd ~/dwarfs-bin $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the dwarfs-bin package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1424555
Name: dwarfs-bin
PackageBaseID: 179255
PackageBase: dwarfs-bin
Version: 0.9.6-1
Description: A fast high compression read-only file system (pre-compiled binaries)
URL: https://github.com/mhx/dwarfs
NumVotes: 8
Popularity: 0.682746
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: silentnoodle
Submitter: silentnoodle
FirstSubmitted: 1653858283
LastModified: 1710102285
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/dwarfs-bin.tar.gz