rats on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 25,2024

1. Install "rats" 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 rats on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall rats on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 355611
Name: rats
PackageBaseID: 17075
PackageBase: rats
Version: 2.4-1
Description: Tool for scanning source code and flagging common security related programming errors
URL: https://code.google.com/p/rough-auditing-tool-for-security/
NumVotes: 24
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: anthraxx
Submitter: Tapi
FirstSubmitted: 1211377326
LastModified: 1478975507
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/rats.tar.gz