populatefs on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 27,2024

1. Install "populatefs" 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 populatefs on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall populatefs on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 278450
Name: populatefs
PackageBaseID: 107751
PackageBase: populatefs
Version: 1.0-1
Description: Tool for replacing genext2fs when creating ext4 images
URL: https://github.com/lipnitsk/populatefs
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: lipnitsk
Submitter: lipnitsk
FirstSubmitted: 1455766388
LastModified: 1456284357
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/populatefs.tar.gz