birthday on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "birthday" 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 birthday on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall birthday on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 877116
Name: birthday
PackageBaseID: 4250
PackageBase: birthday
Version: 1.6.2-2
Description: A program that outputs reminders for upcoming events (e.g. birthdays)
URL: https://sourceforge.net/projects/birthday/
NumVotes: 10
Popularity: 1.3E-5
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Slash
Submitter: Slash
FirstSubmitted: 1145137634
LastModified: 1615740763
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/birthday.tar.gz