xaskpass on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 25,2024

1. Install "xaskpass" 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 xaskpass on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S xaskpass

* (Optional) Uninstall xaskpass on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns xaskpass

2. Manually Install "xaskpass" via AUR

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

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

b. Clone xaskpass's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/xaskpass.git ~/xaskpass

c. Go to ~/xaskpass folder and install it

$ cd ~/xaskpass $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the xaskpass package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1419888
Name: xaskpass
PackageBaseID: 160568
PackageBase: xaskpass
Version: 2.5.8-1
Description: A lightweight passphrase dialog
URL: https://github.com/user827/xaskpass.git
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: user827
Submitter: user827
FirstSubmitted: 1607072162
LastModified: 1709456373
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/xaskpass.tar.gz