pkg-audit on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: July 02,2024

1. Install "pkg-audit" 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 pkg-audit on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall pkg-audit on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "pkg-audit" 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 pkg-audit's git locally


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


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

ID: 378804
Name: pkg-audit
PackageBaseID: 117709
PackageBase: pkg-audit
Version: 0.3-1
Description: audit installed packages against known vulnerabilities
URL: https://github.com/jelly/pkg-audit
NumVotes: 7
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: jelly
Submitter: jelly
FirstSubmitted: 1481580259
LastModified: 1485641872
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/pkg-audit.tar.gz