wifi-password on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 24,2024

1. Install "wifi-password" 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 wifi-password on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                wifi-password
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall wifi-password on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                wifi-password
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "wifi-password" 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 wifi-password's git locally


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


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

ID: 865620
Name: wifi-password
PackageBaseID: 162603
PackageBase: wifi-password
Version: 1.1.1-1
Description: Quickly fetch your WiFi password and if needed, generate a QR code of your WiFi to allow phones to easily connect
URL: https://github.com/sdushantha/wifi-password
NumVotes: 2
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Diobolic
Submitter: Diobolic
FirstSubmitted: 1611779553
LastModified: 1613658936
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/wifi-password.tar.gz