swap on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: September 28,2024

1. Install "swap" 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 swap on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall swap on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 589618
Name: swap
PackageBaseID: 139938
PackageBase: swap
Version: 0.1.0-1
Description: A very simple tool to swap two paths atomically using renameat2() on Linux.
URL: https://gitlab.com/K900/swap
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer:
Submitter: K900
FirstSubmitted: 1551194031
LastModified: 1551194031
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/swap.tar.gz