guest-account on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "guest-account" 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 guest-account on Arch using YAY


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


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


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


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

ID: 401928
Name: guest-account
PackageBaseID: 121563
PackageBase: guest-account
Version: 2017.04.16-1
Description: tmpfiles.d configuration file to automatically remove /home/guest on shutdown
URL: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Systemd#Temporary_files
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0.02138
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: eang
Submitter: eang
FirstSubmitted: 1492368104
LastModified: 1492368104
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/guest-account.tar.gz