apt-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 25,2024

1. Install "apt-git" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)

$ sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si

b. Install apt-git on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S apt-git

* (Optional) Uninstall apt-git on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns apt-git

2. Manually Install "apt-git" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:

$ sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git

b. Clone apt-git's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/apt-git.git ~/apt-git

c. Go to ~/apt-git folder and install it

$ cd ~/apt-git $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the apt-git package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 511885
Name: apt-git
PackageBaseID: 117731
PackageBase: apt-git
Version: 1.7.0_alpha0.r25.ge2e2c8c72-1
Description: Command-line package manager used on Debian-based systems (git-latest)
URL: http://packages.debian.org
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate: 1663771395
Maintainer:
Submitter: ProfessorKaos64
FirstSubmitted: 1481657679
LastModified: 1526611660
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/apt-git.tar.gz