update-grub on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 26,2024

1. Install "update-grub" 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 update-grub on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                update-grub
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall update-grub on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                update-grub
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "update-grub" 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 update-grub's git locally


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


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

ID: 1280755
Name: update-grub
PackageBaseID: 67101
PackageBase: update-grub
Version: 0.0.1-8
Description: Simple wrapper around grub-mkconfig
URL: https://packages.ubuntu.com/jammy/admin/grub-common
NumVotes: 119
Popularity: 1.757581
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: sataa
Submitter: FSMaxB
FirstSubmitted: 1360495166
LastModified: 1688094039
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/update-grub.tar.gz