alternatives on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: July 03,2024

1. Install "alternatives" 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 alternatives on Arch using YAY


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


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


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


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

ID: 1387749
Name: alternatives
PackageBaseID: 164844
PackageBase: alternatives
Version: 1.26-1
Description: Fedora's tool to maintain symbolic links determining default commands.
URL: https://github.com/fedora-sysv/chkconfig
NumVotes: 3
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: patlefort
Submitter: patlefort
FirstSubmitted: 1616642445
LastModified: 1705524259
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/alternatives.tar.gz