pax-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "pax-git" 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 pax-git on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall pax-git on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "pax-git" 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 pax-git's git locally


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


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

ID: 724855
Name: pax-git
PackageBaseID: 151850
PackageBase: pax-git
Version: 20190825.r7.g0a4979b-1
Description: Portable Archive Interchange - the POSIX standard archive tool for cpio and tar formats (git version)
URL: https://www.mirbsd.org/pax.htm
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: dbermond
Submitter: dbermond
FirstSubmitted: 1587579176
LastModified: 1587579176
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/pax-git.tar.gz