imagewriter on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "imagewriter" 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 imagewriter on Arch using YAY


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


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


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


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

ID: 1423265
Name: imagewriter
PackageBaseID: 47322
PackageBase: imagewriter
Version: 1.10.1432200249.1d253d9.2.19-1
Description: A graphical utility for writing raw disk images & hybrid isos to USB keys
URL: https://github.com/openSUSE/imagewriter
NumVotes: 198
Popularity: 0.504781
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: yochananmarqos
Submitter: chenxiaolong
FirstSubmitted: 1299875774
LastModified: 1709911691
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/imagewriter.tar.gz