oddjob on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: March 14,2025

1. Install "oddjob" 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 oddjob on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall oddjob on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 921943
Name: oddjob
PackageBaseID: 64557
PackageBase: oddjob
Version: 0.34.7-1
Description: A D-Bus service which runs odd jobs on behalf of client applications
URL: https://releases.pagure.org/oddjob/
NumVotes: 2
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: ImNtReal
Submitter: chenxiaolong
FirstSubmitted: 1352763738
LastModified: 1623867678
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/oddjob.tar.gz