hw-probe on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 09,2025

1. Install "hw-probe" 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 hw-probe on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall hw-probe on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "hw-probe" 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 hw-probe's git locally


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


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

ID: 1145041
Name: hw-probe
PackageBaseID: 112333
PackageBase: hw-probe
Version: 1.6.5-1
Description: Tool to probe for hardware, check its operability and upload result to the Linux hardware DB: http://linux-hardware.org
URL: https://github.com/linuxhw/hw-probe
NumVotes: 36
Popularity: 0.284842
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Martchus
Submitter: 1ace
FirstSubmitted: 1465642397
LastModified: 1664311554
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/hw-probe.tar.gz