grub-legacy on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 20,2024

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


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


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


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


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

ID: 1298005
Name: grub-legacy
PackageBaseID: 61033
PackageBase: grub-legacy
Version: 0.97-29
Description: A GNU multiboot boot loader
URL: http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/
NumVotes: 80
Popularity: 0.566285
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: sperg512
Submitter: pressh
FirstSubmitted: 1342777340
LastModified: 1690979716
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/grub-legacy.tar.gz