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

Last updated: November 24,2024

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


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


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


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


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

ID: 1390385
Name: pacman-updatedb-hook
PackageBaseID: 143840
PackageBase: pacman-updatedb-hook
Version: 1.0.0-3
Description: Pacman hook to update the mlocate database
URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/pacman-updatedb-hook
NumVotes: 4
Popularity: 0.27758
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: PanisSupraOmnia
Submitter: lrustand
FirstSubmitted: 1564071307
LastModified: 1705910966
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/pacman-updatedb-hook.tar.gz