tarsum on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 09,2025

1. Install "tarsum" 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 tarsum on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall tarsum on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 669004
Name: tarsum
PackageBaseID: 146784
PackageBase: tarsum
Version: 0.1.1-2
Description: Compute checksums from tar archives on-the-fly
URL: https://github.com/connesc/tarsum
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: connesc
Submitter: connesc
FirstSubmitted: 1574245430
LastModified: 1574323199
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/tarsum.tar.gz