fwupd-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 23,2024

1. Install "fwupd-git" 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 fwupd-git on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S fwupd-git

* (Optional) Uninstall fwupd-git on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns fwupd-git

2. Manually Install "fwupd-git" via AUR

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

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

b. Clone fwupd-git's git locally

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

c. Go to ~/fwupd-git folder and install it

$ cd ~/fwupd-git $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the fwupd-git package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1415896
Name: fwupd-git
PackageBaseID: 140422
PackageBase: fwupd-git
Version: 1.9.10.r450.g465c59c33-1
Description: Simple daemon to allow session software to update firmware
URL: https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: pychuang
Submitter: klusark
FirstSubmitted: 1552956884
LastModified: 1708966459
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/fwupd-git.tar.gz

5. The same packages on other Linux Distributions