fetch-hosts on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 29,2024

1. Install "fetch-hosts" 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 fetch-hosts on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                fetch-hosts
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall fetch-hosts on Arch using YAY


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


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


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

ID: 564313
Name: fetch-hosts
PackageBaseID: 137693
PackageBase: fetch-hosts
Version: 1-1
Description: Fetch new adware and malware blocking hosts file from Steven Black's GitHub repo.
URL:
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 1.7E-5
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: jmogens
Submitter: jmogens
FirstSubmitted: 1543520150
LastModified: 1543520150
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/fetch-hosts.tar.gz