etcetera on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 27,2024

1. Install "etcetera" 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 etcetera on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall etcetera on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 603735
Name: etcetera
PackageBaseID: 129359
PackageBase: etcetera
Version: 1.0-1
Description: Simple command line tool to keep track of changes to config files of a linux system
URL: https://gitlab.com/jeancf/etcetera
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: jeancf
Submitter: jeancf
FirstSubmitted: 1516543119
LastModified: 1555183938
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/etcetera.tar.gz