beancount on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "beancount" 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 beancount on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall beancount on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1371484
Name: beancount
PackageBaseID: 111324
PackageBase: beancount
Version: 2.3.6-1
Description: Double-Entry Accounting from Text Files
URL: http://furius.ca/beancount/
NumVotes: 23
Popularity: 0.209685
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: wzyboy
Submitter: wzyboy
FirstSubmitted: 1463385780
LastModified: 1702853619
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/beancount.tar.gz