spindown on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: June 05,2024

1. Install "spindown" 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 spindown on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall spindown on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 418930
Name: spindown
PackageBaseID: 24847
PackageBase: spindown
Version: 0.4.0-7
Description: Daemon that spins down idle disks
URL: http://code.google.com/p/spindown/
NumVotes: 5
Popularity: 0.002183
OutOfDate:
Maintainer:
Submitter: reztho
FirstSubmitted: 1237631280
LastModified: 1497179125
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/spindown.tar.gz