shorewall6 on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "shorewall6" 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 shorewall6 on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall shorewall6 on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "shorewall6" 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 shorewall6's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/shorewall6.git 
            
                        
                ~/shorewall6
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/shorewall6 folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/shorewall6
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the shorewall6 package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1065535
Name: shorewall6
PackageBaseID: 177893
PackageBase: shorewall
Version: 5.2.8-1
Description: An iptables-based firewall for Linux systems (with IPv6 support)
URL: https://shorewall.org/
NumVotes: 10
Popularity: 0.492154
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: ultraviolet
Submitter: foutrelis
FirstSubmitted: 1649734921
LastModified: 1649734921
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/shorewall6.tar.gz