boswars on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 01,2025

1. Install "boswars" 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 boswars on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall boswars on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1280356
Name: boswars
PackageBaseID: 9820
PackageBase: boswars
Version: 2.8-1
Description: Futuristic real-time strategy game
URL: http://www.boswars.org
NumVotes: 66
Popularity: 0.043093
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: SanskritFritz
Submitter: StefanLohmaier
FirstSubmitted: 1174165797
LastModified: 1688036337
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/boswars.tar.gz