maestral on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "maestral" 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 maestral on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall maestral on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1294036
Name: maestral
PackageBaseID: 151650
PackageBase: maestral
Version: 1.8.0-1
Description: A light-weight and open-source Dropbox client
URL: https://github.com/SamSchott/maestral
NumVotes: 13
Popularity: 0.003808
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: PlasticSoup
Submitter: coxackie
FirstSubmitted: 1587199849
LastModified: 1690246025
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/maestral.tar.gz