etckeeper-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "etckeeper-git" 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 etckeeper-git on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                etckeeper-git
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall etckeeper-git on Arch using YAY


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


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


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

ID: 322355
Name: etckeeper-git
PackageBaseID: 15968
PackageBase: etckeeper-git
Version: 1.18.5.r1.g58ded87-1
Description: collection of tools to let /etc be stored in a git, hg or bzr repository - git checkout
URL: http://kitenet.net/~joey/code/etckeeper/
NumVotes: 13
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: eworm
Submitter: mathieu.clabaut
FirstSubmitted: 1206487465
LastModified: 1468825129
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/etckeeper-git.tar.gz