virtualbox-guest-goodies on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: September 29,2024

1. Install "virtualbox-guest-goodies" 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 virtualbox-guest-goodies on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S virtualbox-guest-goodies

* (Optional) Uninstall virtualbox-guest-goodies on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns virtualbox-guest-goodies

2. Manually Install "virtualbox-guest-goodies" via AUR

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

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

b. Clone virtualbox-guest-goodies's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/virtualbox-guest-goodies.git ~/virtualbox-guest-goodies

c. Go to ~/virtualbox-guest-goodies folder and install it

$ cd ~/virtualbox-guest-goodies $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the virtualbox-guest-goodies package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 681895
Name: virtualbox-guest-goodies
PackageBaseID: 147773
PackageBase: virtualbox-guest-goodies
Version: 6.1-0
Description: A collections of goodies for the unix-like VirtualBox quests.
URL: https://gitlab.com/linux-stuffs/virtualbox-guest-goodies
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: entexsoft
FirstSubmitted: 1577873088
LastModified: 1577902539
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/virtualbox-guest-goodies.tar.gz