ploop on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "ploop" 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 ploop on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall ploop on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "ploop" 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 ploop's git locally


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


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

ID: 1396765
Name: ploop
PackageBaseID: 112016
PackageBase: ploop
Version: 9.0.21-1
Description: Disk loopback block device with many features like dynamic resize, snapshots, etc.
URL: https://openvz.org/Ploop
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0.425213
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: fermino
Submitter: pbor
FirstSubmitted: 1464960369
LastModified: 1706812070
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/ploop.tar.gz