pacman-sync on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 26,2024

1. Install "pacman-sync" 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-sync on Arch using YAY


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


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


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


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

ID: 430538
Name: pacman-sync
PackageBaseID: 124306
PackageBase: pacman-sync
Version: 1.0.0-1
Description: alpm hook to sync after pacman installs to prevent corruption from using a flash disk or reboot to kernel crash
URL: https://www.archlinux.org/pacman/alpm-hooks.5.html
NumVotes: 4
Popularity: 0.001427
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: severach
Submitter: severach
FirstSubmitted: 1501011676
LastModified: 1501011676
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/pacman-sync.tar.gz