pristine-tar on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 17,2025

1. Install "pristine-tar" 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 pristine-tar on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                pristine-tar
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall pristine-tar on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                pristine-tar
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "pristine-tar" 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 pristine-tar's git locally


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


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

ID: 1167040
Name: pristine-tar
PackageBaseID: 68941
PackageBase: pristine-tar
Version: 1.50-1
Description: Tool to regenerate a pristine upstream tarball using only a small binary delta file and a copy of the source which can be a revision control checkout.
URL: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/pristine-tar
NumVotes: 4
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: harmathy
Submitter: pnorcks
FirstSubmitted: 1365463287
LastModified: 1668066646
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/pristine-tar.tar.gz