cab on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 29,2024

1. Install "cab" 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 cab on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall cab on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1388333
Name: cab
PackageBaseID: 126682
PackageBase: cab
Version: 0.2.21-2
Description: MacPorts-like maintenance command of Haskell cabal packages
URL: http://www.mew.org/~kazu/proj/cab
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0.005137
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: micwoj92
Submitter: unit73e
FirstSubmitted: 1509054571
LastModified: 1705605014
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/cab.tar.gz