pkgcacheclean on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 24,2024

1. Install "pkgcacheclean" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)

$ sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si

b. Install pkgcacheclean on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S pkgcacheclean

* (Optional) Uninstall pkgcacheclean on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns pkgcacheclean

2. Manually Install "pkgcacheclean" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:

$ sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git

b. Clone pkgcacheclean's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgcacheclean.git ~/pkgcacheclean

c. Go to ~/pkgcacheclean folder and install it

$ cd ~/pkgcacheclean $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the pkgcacheclean package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 616009
Name: pkgcacheclean
PackageBaseID: 41918
PackageBase: pkgcacheclean
Version: 1.9.0-3
Description: Application to clean the pacman package cache
URL: https://github.com/dbermond/pkgcacheclean/
NumVotes: 103
Popularity: 2.0E-6
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: dbermond
Submitter: Auguste
FirstSubmitted: 1287389467
LastModified: 1558877790
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/pkgcacheclean.tar.gz