libsodium-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: July 08,2024

1. Install "libsodium-git" 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 libsodium-git on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S libsodium-git

* (Optional) Uninstall libsodium-git on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns libsodium-git

2. Manually Install "libsodium-git" via AUR

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

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

b. Clone libsodium-git's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/libsodium-git.git ~/libsodium-git

c. Go to ~/libsodium-git folder and install it

$ cd ~/libsodium-git $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the libsodium-git package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1239680
Name: libsodium-git
PackageBaseID: 157785
PackageBase: libsodium-git
Version: 1.0.18.r575.g66a68f09-1
Description: A modern, portable, easy to use crypto library
URL: https://libsodium.org/
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Chocobo1
Submitter: Chocobo1
FirstSubmitted: 1600325577
LastModified: 1681200172
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/libsodium-git.tar.gz