fido on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: March 06,2025

1. Install "fido" 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 fido on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall fido on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1394758
Name: fido
PackageBaseID: 122793
PackageBase: fido
Version: 1.6.1-1
Description: A command-line tool to identify the file formats of digital objects.
URL: https://openpreservation.org/tools/fido/
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0.009072
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: PlasticSoup
Submitter: Hwesta
FirstSubmitted: 1495490708
LastModified: 1706505206
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/fido.tar.gz