roy on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 03,2025

1. Install "roy" 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 roy on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall roy on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 427485
Name: roy
PackageBaseID: 124067
PackageBase: roy
Version: 1.7.4-1
Description: With the roy tool you can build custom signature files for siegfried, the signature-based file format identification tool.
URL: http://www.itforarchivists.com/siegfried
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate: 1707738884
Maintainer: ampoffcom
Submitter: ampoffcom
FirstSubmitted: 1500060682
LastModified: 1500060682
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/roy.tar.gz