shorewall on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "shorewall" 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 shorewall on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall shorewall on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1065534
Name: shorewall
PackageBaseID: 177893
PackageBase: shorewall
Version: 5.2.8-1
Description: An iptables-based firewall for Linux systems
URL: https://shorewall.org/
NumVotes: 10
Popularity: 0.492154
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: ultraviolet
Submitter: foutrelis
FirstSubmitted: 1649734921
LastModified: 1649734921
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/shorewall.tar.gz