boxes on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "boxes" 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 boxes on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall boxes on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1412526
Name: boxes
PackageBaseID: 8214
PackageBase: boxes
Version: 2.3.0-1
Description: Text mode box and comment drawing filter
URL: http://boxes.thomasjensen.com/
NumVotes: 27
Popularity: 0.095563
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: BADGumby
Submitter:
FirstSubmitted: 1169669476
LastModified: 1708440352
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/boxes.tar.gz