bitlbee on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "bitlbee" 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 bitlbee on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall bitlbee on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 903995
Name: bitlbee
PackageBaseID: 166543
PackageBase: bitlbee
Version: 3.6-2
Description: Brings instant messaging (XMPP, MSN, Yahoo!, AIM, ICQ, Twitter) to IRC
URL: https://www.bitlbee.org/
NumVotes: 6
Popularity: 1.1E-5
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: SanskritFritz
Submitter: arojas
FirstSubmitted: 1620464513
LastModified: 1620464513
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/bitlbee.tar.gz