alpine on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "alpine" 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 alpine on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall alpine on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1394183
Name: alpine
PackageBaseID: 156930
PackageBase: alpine
Version: 2.26-3
Description: A free software email client, a rewrite of Pine which was a continuation of the venerable ELM.
URL: https://alpineapp.email/
NumVotes: 10
Popularity: 0.01398
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: lightdot
Submitter: lightdot
FirstSubmitted: 1597969325
LastModified: 1706449618
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/alpine.tar.gz