scrub on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "scrub" 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 scrub on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall scrub on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 204020
Name: scrub
PackageBaseID: 9667
PackageBase: scrub
Version: 2.6.1-1
Description: Iteratively writes patterns on files or disk devices to make retreiving the data more difficult
URL: http://code.google.com/p/diskscrub/
NumVotes: 42
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Dragonlord
Submitter:
FirstSubmitted: 1173055849
LastModified: 1435508845
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/scrub.tar.gz