pwgen-passphrase on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 01,2025

1. Install "pwgen-passphrase" 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 pwgen-passphrase on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                pwgen-passphrase
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall pwgen-passphrase on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                pwgen-passphrase
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "pwgen-passphrase" 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 pwgen-passphrase's git locally


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


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

ID: 396411
Name: pwgen-passphrase
PackageBaseID: 103288
PackageBase: pwgen-passphrase
Version: 1.2-1
Description: Secure wordlist-based passphrase generator
URL: https://github.com/xmikos/pwgen-passphrase
NumVotes: 10
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate: 1709663389
Maintainer: Mikos
Submitter: Mikos
FirstSubmitted: 1447454424
LastModified: 1490728988
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/pwgen-passphrase.tar.gz