faster-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 23,2024

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

* (Optional) Uninstall faster-git on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "faster-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 faster-git's git locally


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


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

ID: 573859
Name: faster-git
PackageBaseID: 138544
PackageBase: faster-git
Version: c4a2c68-1
Description: Fast key-value store from Microsoft Research
URL: https://github.com/Microsoft/FASTER
NumVotes: 2
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: vbmithr
Submitter: vbmithr
FirstSubmitted: 1546701765
LastModified: 1546701765
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/faster-git.tar.gz