grub-imageboot on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 09,2024

1. Install "grub-imageboot" 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 grub-imageboot on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                grub-imageboot
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall grub-imageboot on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                grub-imageboot
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "grub-imageboot" 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 grub-imageboot's git locally


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


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

ID: 1349958
Name: grub-imageboot
PackageBaseID: 134033
PackageBase: grub-imageboot
Version: 0.6+nmu2-1
Description: grub2 script to automatically add boot entries for iso images placed in /boot/images/
URL: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-imageboot/
NumVotes: 2
Popularity: 3.0E-6
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: dreieck
Submitter: TamCore
FirstSubmitted: 1530904341
LastModified: 1699478942
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/grub-imageboot.tar.gz