setserial on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "setserial" 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 setserial on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall setserial on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 487883
Name: setserial
PackageBaseID: 128705
PackageBase: setserial
Version: 2.17-5
Description: Allows to change various attributes of a serial device
URL: http://setserial.sourceforge.net/
NumVotes: 13
Popularity: 0.875806
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: bidulock
Submitter: Barthalion
FirstSubmitted: 1515171744
LastModified: 1519026800
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/setserial.tar.gz