pacclean-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 25,2024

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

$ yay -S pacclean-git

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

$ yay -Rns pacclean-git

2. Manually Install "pacclean-git" via AUR

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

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

b. Clone pacclean-git's git locally

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

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

$ cd ~/pacclean-git $ makepkg -si

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

ID: 1221026
Name: pacclean-git
PackageBaseID: 190832
PackageBase: pacclean-git
Version: r35.a39fc9c-1
Description: Clean up old pacman packages, similar to paccache
URL: https://github.com/eclairevoyant/pacclean
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0.000454
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: eclairevoyant
Submitter: eclairevoyant
FirstSubmitted: 1677463644
LastModified: 1677920984
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/pacclean-git.tar.gz