barnowl on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 08,2025

1. Install "barnowl" 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 barnowl on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall barnowl on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 485287
Name: barnowl
PackageBaseID: 22543
PackageBase: barnowl
Version: 1.10-1
Description: Ncurses-based client with support for Zephyr, XMPP, IRC and Twitter protocols
URL: https://barnowl.mit.edu/
NumVotes: 8
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: aksr
Submitter: tdy
FirstSubmitted: 1230298942
LastModified: 1518182450
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/barnowl.tar.gz