tarsnap-gui on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: September 28,2024

1. Install "tarsnap-gui" 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 tarsnap-gui on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S tarsnap-gui

* (Optional) Uninstall tarsnap-gui on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns tarsnap-gui

2. Manually Install "tarsnap-gui" via AUR

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

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

b. Clone tarsnap-gui's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/tarsnap-gui.git ~/tarsnap-gui

c. Go to ~/tarsnap-gui folder and install it

$ cd ~/tarsnap-gui $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the tarsnap-gui package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 555606
Name: tarsnap-gui
PackageBaseID: 113201
PackageBase: tarsnap-gui
Version: 1.0.2-2
Description: Cross-platform GUI for the Tarsnap backup service.
URL: https://github.com/Tarsnap/tarsnap-gui
NumVotes: 4
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer:
Submitter: oppenhizzy
FirstSubmitted: 1467669537
LastModified: 1540818575
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/tarsnap-gui.tar.gz