ballerina on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 25,2024

1. Install "ballerina" 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 ballerina on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall ballerina on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 831821
Name: ballerina
PackageBaseID: 146969
PackageBase: ballerina
Version: 1.2.11-1
Description: an open source programming language and platform for cloud-era application programmers to easily write software that just works
URL: https://ballerina.io/
NumVotes: 3
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate: 1633756065
Maintainer: auroq
Submitter: auroq
FirstSubmitted: 1574846949
LastModified: 1607629508
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/ballerina.tar.gz