vixie-cron on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "vixie-cron" 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 vixie-cron on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall vixie-cron on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "vixie-cron" 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 vixie-cron's git locally


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


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

ID: 628335
Name: vixie-cron
PackageBaseID: 18702
PackageBase: vixie-cron
Version: 4.1-14
Description: Paul Vixie's cron daemon, a fully featured crond implementation
URL: ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/cron/
NumVotes: 16
Popularity: 0.490417
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: zgrim
Submitter:
FirstSubmitted: 1217292665
LastModified: 1562804923
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/vixie-cron.tar.gz