google-guest-agent on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 26,2025

1. Install "google-guest-agent" 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 google-guest-agent on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                google-guest-agent
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall google-guest-agent on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                google-guest-agent
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "google-guest-agent" 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 google-guest-agent's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/google-guest-agent.git 
            
                        
                ~/google-guest-agent
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/google-guest-agent folder and install it


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

ID: 1138031
Name: google-guest-agent
PackageBaseID: 157028
PackageBase: google-guest-agent
Version: 20220824.00-1
Description: Guest Agent for Google Compute Engine
URL: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/guest-agent
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 1.4E-5
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: lcastelli
Submitter: lcastelli
FirstSubmitted: 1598236028
LastModified: 1662846828
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/google-guest-agent.tar.gz