fastdup on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "fastdup" 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 fastdup on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall fastdup on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 925858
Name: fastdup
PackageBaseID: 20720
PackageBase: fastdup
Version: 0.3-3
Description: A tool to quickly find identical files within directory trees
URL: https://sourceforge.net/projects/fastdup/
NumVotes: 6
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: bitwave
Submitter:
FirstSubmitted: 1223995189
LastModified: 1624614472
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/fastdup.tar.gz