secure-delete on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "secure-delete" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
    Copied

b. Install secure-delete on Arch using YAY


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                yay -S
            
                        
                secure-delete
            
                    
    
    Copied

* (Optional) Uninstall secure-delete on Arch using YAY


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                yay -Rns
            
                        
                secure-delete
            
                    
    
    Copied

2. Manually Install "secure-delete" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
    Copied

b. Clone secure-delete's git locally


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/secure-delete.git 
            
                        
                ~/secure-delete
            
                    
    
    Copied

c. Go to ~/secure-delete folder and install it


   
    
        
            $
        

        
            
                cd
            
                        
                ~/secure-delete
            
                    
    
    Copied

    

   
    
        
            $
        

        
            
                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
    Copied

3. Information about the secure-delete package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 674578
Name: secure-delete
PackageBaseID: 99092
PackageBase: secure-delete
Version: 3.1a-1
Description: Secure file, disk, swap, memory erasure utilities(Fork of THC util)
URL: https://github.com/GIJack/secure_delete
NumVotes: 40
Popularity: 0.280055
OutOfDate:
Maintainer:
Submitter: GI_Jack
FirstSubmitted: 1441032103
LastModified: 1575833597
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/secure-delete.tar.gz