watchdog on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 03,2025

1. Install "watchdog" 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 watchdog on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall watchdog on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 852953
Name: watchdog
PackageBaseID: 128928
PackageBase: watchdog
Version: 5.16-2
Description: Watchdog daemon
URL: http://sourceforge.net/projects/watchdog
NumVotes: 16
Popularity: 0.028717
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Ddone
Submitter: Barthalion
FirstSubmitted: 1515341735
LastModified: 1611602111
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/watchdog.tar.gz