aterm on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 03,2025

1. Install "aterm" 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 aterm on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall aterm on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 709990
Name: aterm
PackageBaseID: 74230
PackageBase: aterm
Version: 1.0.1-7
Description: An xterm replacement with transparency support
URL: http://aterm.sourceforge.net/
NumVotes: 16
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: bidulock
Submitter: Snowman
FirstSubmitted: 1381369901
LastModified: 1584678929
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/aterm.tar.gz