pacleaner on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 02,2025

1. Install "pacleaner" 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 pacleaner on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall pacleaner on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 792707
Name: pacleaner
PackageBaseID: 28109
PackageBase: pacleaner
Version: 2.2-1
Description: Script to clean up pacman cache in a more flexible way than with paccache or pacman itself. Fully configurable and flexible
URL: https://github.com/lesebas/pacleaner
NumVotes: 18
Popularity: 0.000168
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: lesebas
Submitter:
FirstSubmitted: 1247166430
LastModified: 1600286376
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/pacleaner.tar.gz