yubikey-agent on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: March 14,2025

1. Install "yubikey-agent" 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 yubikey-agent on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                yubikey-agent
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall yubikey-agent on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                yubikey-agent
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "yubikey-agent" 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 yubikey-agent's git locally


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


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

ID: 1189224
Name: yubikey-agent
PackageBaseID: 152556
PackageBase: yubikey-agent
Version: 0.1.6-1
Description: A seamless ssh-agent for YubiKeys
URL: https://filippo.io/yubikey-agent
NumVotes: 2
Popularity: 0.000141
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Le_suisse
Submitter: Le_suisse
FirstSubmitted: 1588975590
LastModified: 1672309760
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/yubikey-agent.tar.gz