packetsender on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "packetsender" 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 packetsender on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                packetsender
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall packetsender on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                packetsender
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "packetsender" 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 packetsender's git locally


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


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

ID: 1384904
Name: packetsender
PackageBaseID: 116958
PackageBase: packetsender
Version: 8.6.5-1
Description: Network utility for sending / receiving TCP and UDP packets
URL: http://packetsender.com/
NumVotes: 6
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: mrxx
Submitter: sutt
FirstSubmitted: 1478903600
LastModified: 1705114252
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/packetsender.tar.gz