rotate-backups on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 27,2024

1. Install "rotate-backups" 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 rotate-backups on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                rotate-backups
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall rotate-backups on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                rotate-backups
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "rotate-backups" 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 rotate-backups's git locally


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


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

ID: 1252665
Name: rotate-backups
PackageBaseID: 134570
PackageBase: rotate-backups
Version: 8.1-3
Description: Simple command line interface for backup rotation
URL: https://github.com/xolox/python-rotate-backups
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: itoijala
Submitter: itoijala
FirstSubmitted: 1532795768
LastModified: 1683210094
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/rotate-backups.tar.gz