libreswan on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "libreswan" 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 libreswan on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall libreswan on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "libreswan" 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 libreswan's git locally


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


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

ID: 1387435
Name: libreswan
PackageBaseID: 79746
PackageBase: libreswan
Version: 4.12-2
Description: IPsec implementation with IKEv1 and IKEv2 keying protocols
URL: https://libreswan.org/
NumVotes: 46
Popularity: 0.650911
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: cedricroijakkers
Submitter: abique
FirstSubmitted: 1394180990
LastModified: 1705484312
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/libreswan.tar.gz