wdsaver on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: June 23,2024

1. Install "wdsaver" 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 wdsaver on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall wdsaver on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1260125
Name: wdsaver
PackageBaseID: 147129
PackageBase: wdsaver
Version: 1.2-2
Description: Prevent hard drive from too frequent head parking
URL: https://github.com/amishmm/wdsaver
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: amish
Submitter: amish
FirstSubmitted: 1575267774
LastModified: 1684474587
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/wdsaver.tar.gz