os-prober-btrfs on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: September 28,2024

1. Install "os-prober-btrfs" 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 os-prober-btrfs on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                os-prober-btrfs
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall os-prober-btrfs on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                os-prober-btrfs
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "os-prober-btrfs" 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 os-prober-btrfs's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/os-prober-btrfs.git 
            
                        
                ~/os-prober-btrfs
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/os-prober-btrfs folder and install it


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

ID: 1067321
Name: os-prober-btrfs
PackageBaseID: 159123
PackageBase: os-prober-btrfs
Version: 1.79-5
Description: Utility to detect other OSes on a set of drives (with additional patches to detect btrfs systems and other systems)
URL: http://joey.kitenet.net/code/os-prober/
NumVotes: 6
Popularity: 0.000177
OutOfDate: 1670843159
Maintainer: TNE
Submitter: librewish
FirstSubmitted: 1603621702
LastModified: 1650034223
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/os-prober-btrfs.tar.gz