botsay on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 29,2024

1. Install "botsay" 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 botsay on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall botsay on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1428467
Name: botsay
PackageBaseID: 142496
PackageBase: botsay
Version: 1.3.0-1
Description: Like cowsay, but with randomly generated ASCII robots and color support
URL: https://github.com/xyproto/botsay
NumVotes: 7
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: xyproto
Submitter: xyproto
FirstSubmitted: 1559562378
LastModified: 1710599803
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/botsay.tar.gz