safecopy on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 16,2025

1. Install "safecopy" 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 safecopy on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall safecopy on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 204017
Name: safecopy
PackageBaseID: 23684
PackageBase: safecopy
Version: 1.7-1
Description: A disk data recovery tool to extract data from damaged media
URL: http://safecopy.sourceforge.net/
NumVotes: 39
Popularity: 0.000486
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Dragonlord
Submitter:
FirstSubmitted: 1233960738
LastModified: 1435508752
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/safecopy.tar.gz