animtext on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 25,2024

1. Install "animtext" 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 animtext on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall animtext on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 196807
Name: animtext
PackageBaseID: 27422
PackageBase: animtext
Version: 1.0-4
Description: an SDL based utility to generate text animations in the style of old DOS prompts
URL: http://luolamies.org/software/misc/
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: jose1711
Submitter: jose1711
FirstSubmitted: 1245433656
LastModified: 1434399843
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/animtext.tar.gz