alt on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: June 18,2024

1. Install "alt" 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 alt on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall alt on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 752680
Name: alt
PackageBaseID: 124875
PackageBase: alt
Version: 3.3.0-1
Description: Command line utility that attempts to find the "alternate" for the provided path
URL: https://github.com/uptech/alt
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: wezm
Submitter: wezm
FirstSubmitted: 1502941977
LastModified: 1592286479
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/alt.tar.gz