ec2-metadata on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "ec2-metadata" 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 ec2-metadata on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                ec2-metadata
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall ec2-metadata on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                ec2-metadata
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "ec2-metadata" 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 ec2-metadata's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/ec2-metadata.git 
            
                        
                ~/ec2-metadata
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/ec2-metadata folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/ec2-metadata
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ec2-metadata package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 744180
Name: ec2-metadata
PackageBaseID: 39092
PackageBase: ec2-metadata
Version: 0.1.1-1
Description: Query the EC2 instance Metadata from within a running instance
URL: https://aws.amazon.com/code/ec2-instance-metadata-query-tool/
NumVotes: 2
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: alerque
Submitter: yejun
FirstSubmitted: 1279814674
LastModified: 1590709265
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/ec2-metadata.tar.gz