privaxy on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 17,2025

1. Install "privaxy" 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 privaxy on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall privaxy on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1085602
Name: privaxy
PackageBaseID: 179175
PackageBase: privaxy
Version: 0.1.0-1
Description: Privaxy is the next generation tracker and advertisement blocker. It blocks ads and trackers by MITMing HTTP(s) traffic.
URL: https://github.com/Barre/privaxy
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0.000167
OutOfDate: 1673349648
Maintainer:
Submitter: bhedrich
FirstSubmitted: 1653597945
LastModified: 1653597945
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/privaxy.tar.gz