vdt on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "vdt" 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 vdt on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall vdt on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 207787
Name: vdt
PackageBaseID: 45843
PackageBase: vdt
Version: 5.4.68-1
Description: Visual Disk Test performs i/o tests on files, logical volumes, partitions or whole disks.
URL: http://budtoolshed.sourceforge.net/
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: masutu
Submitter: masutu
FirstSubmitted: 1296167711
LastModified: 1436215620
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/vdt.tar.gz