archnews2 on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 03,2025

1. Install "archnews2" 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 archnews2 on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall archnews2 on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "archnews2" 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 archnews2's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/archnews2.git 
            
                        
                ~/archnews2
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/archnews2 folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/archnews2
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the archnews2 package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 451973
Name: archnews2
PackageBaseID: 123349
PackageBase: archnews2
Version: 1.2.0-1
Description: Utility for displaying Arch news feed in console
URL: https://github.com/mjiricka/archnews
NumVotes: 9
Popularity: 0.003344
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: mjiricka
Submitter: mjiricka
FirstSubmitted: 1497478423
LastModified: 1508080809
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/archnews2.tar.gz