fastrandom on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 27,2024

1. Install "fastrandom" 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 fastrandom on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall fastrandom on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1028205
Name: fastrandom
PackageBaseID: 175427
PackageBase: fastrandom
Version: 1.0.8-1
Description: Quickly generate large amounts of cryptographically insecure pseudo-random data
URL: https://gitlab.com/kugland/fastrandom
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: kugland
Submitter: kugland
FirstSubmitted: 1643269802
LastModified: 1643534331
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/fastrandom.tar.gz