gdown on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "gdown" 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 gdown on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall gdown on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1405168
Name: gdown
PackageBaseID: 138572
PackageBase: gdown
Version: 5.1.0-1
Description: Download a large file from Google Drive
URL: https://github.com/wkentaro/gdown
NumVotes: 10
Popularity: 0.340366
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: kode54
Submitter: svenstaro
FirstSubmitted: 1546783076
LastModified: 1707252806
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/gdown.tar.gz