pacman-backup-hook on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 04,2025

1. Install "pacman-backup-hook" 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 pacman-backup-hook on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                pacman-backup-hook
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall pacman-backup-hook on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                pacman-backup-hook
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "pacman-backup-hook" 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 pacman-backup-hook's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/pacman-backup-hook.git 
            
                        
                ~/pacman-backup-hook
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/pacman-backup-hook folder and install it


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

ID: 1099524
Name: pacman-backup-hook
PackageBaseID: 138053
PackageBase: pacman-backup-hook
Version: 1.0.1-2
Description: A pacman hook that will save the list of your packages to /etc/pkglist.txt on every install and removal
URL:
NumVotes: 8
Popularity: 0.000164
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: starquake
Submitter: dtluna
FirstSubmitted: 1544825348
LastModified: 1655406044
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/pacman-backup-hook.tar.gz