tar-parallel on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 23,2024

1. Install "tar-parallel" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)

$ sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si

b. Install tar-parallel on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S tar-parallel

* (Optional) Uninstall tar-parallel on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns tar-parallel

2. Manually Install "tar-parallel" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:

$ sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git

b. Clone tar-parallel's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/tar-parallel.git ~/tar-parallel

c. Go to ~/tar-parallel folder and install it

$ cd ~/tar-parallel $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the tar-parallel package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 845458
Name: tar-parallel
PackageBaseID: 157327
PackageBase: tar-parallel
Version: 1.33-1
Description: Utility used to store, backup, and transport files with parallel compression
URL: https://www.gnu.org/software/tar/
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0.051173
OutOfDate: 1649541152
Maintainer: ciplc
FirstSubmitted: 1599072593
LastModified: 1610311865
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/tar-parallel.tar.gz