freebsd-pkg on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 23,2024

1. Install "freebsd-pkg" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)

$ sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si

b. Install freebsd-pkg on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S freebsd-pkg

* (Optional) Uninstall freebsd-pkg on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns freebsd-pkg

2. Manually Install "freebsd-pkg" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:

$ sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git

b. Clone freebsd-pkg's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/freebsd-pkg.git ~/freebsd-pkg

c. Go to ~/freebsd-pkg folder and install it

$ cd ~/freebsd-pkg $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the freebsd-pkg package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1368154
Name: freebsd-pkg
PackageBaseID: 171307
PackageBase: freebsd-pkg
Version: 1.20.0-1
Description: Package management tool for FreeBSD.
URL: https://github.com/freebsd/pkg
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: galdor
Submitter: galdor
FirstSubmitted: 1632391370
LastModified: 1702326737
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/freebsd-pkg.tar.gz