hblock on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 27,2024

1. Install "hblock" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)

$ sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si

b. Install hblock on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S hblock

* (Optional) Uninstall hblock on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns hblock

2. Manually Install "hblock" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:

$ sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git

b. Clone hblock's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/hblock.git ~/hblock

c. Go to ~/hblock folder and install it

$ cd ~/hblock $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the hblock package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1103717
Name: hblock
PackageBaseID: 138068
PackageBase: hblock
Version: 3.4.0-1
Description: Adblocker that creates a hosts file from multiple sources
URL: https://github.com/hectorm/hblock
NumVotes: 16
Popularity: 0.483026
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: hectorm
FirstSubmitted: 1544903468
LastModified: 1656255815
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/hblock.tar.gz

5. The same packages on other Linux Distributions