pingfs-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 29,2024

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

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

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


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


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

ID: 1385013
Name: pingfs-git
PackageBaseID: 108651
PackageBase: pingfs-git
Version: 1:r83.d20200524.gf2f2b5f-1
Description: 'True cloud storage' -- a fuse filesystem where the data is stored only in the Internet itself, as ICMP Echo packets (pings) travelling from you to remote servers and back again. (Use with care. It's only for hackvalue, not for productive use.)
URL: http://code.kryo.se/pingfs/
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: dreieck
Submitter: dreieck
FirstSubmitted: 1457649517
LastModified: 1705141179
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/pingfs-git.tar.gz