fdutils on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: June 26,2024

1. Install "fdutils" 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 fdutils on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall fdutils on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 961916
Name: fdutils
PackageBaseID: 140621
PackageBase: fdutils
Version: 5.6-1
Description: Utilities for the Linux floppy driver, i.e. for formatting extra capacity disks
URL: http://fdutils.linux.lu/index.html
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: jose1711
Submitter: jose1711
FirstSubmitted: 1553546406
LastModified: 1631826843
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/fdutils.tar.gz