nwipe on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: March 06,2025

1. Install "nwipe" 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 nwipe on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall nwipe on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1428724
Name: nwipe
PackageBaseID: 42088
PackageBase: nwipe
Version: 0.36-1
Description: A fork of the dwipe command that will securely erase disks using a variety of recognised methods
URL: http://www.andybev.com/index.php/Nwipe
NumVotes: 16
Popularity: 0.289661
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: robertfoster
Submitter: kfgz
FirstSubmitted: 1287743629
LastModified: 1710624266
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/nwipe.tar.gz