hosts-gen on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 25,2024

1. Install "hosts-gen" 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 hosts-gen on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall hosts-gen on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "hosts-gen" 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 hosts-gen's git locally


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


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

ID: 1306002
Name: hosts-gen
PackageBaseID: 114737
PackageBase: hosts-gen
Version: 0.9.20191123.2-2
Description: A little framework to generate /etc/hosts from /etc/hosts.d
URL: http://r-36.net/scm/hosts-gen/
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: ahills
Submitter: ahills
FirstSubmitted: 1471301164
LastModified: 1692407603
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/hosts-gen.tar.gz