cabal-install-bin on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 26,2024

1. Install "cabal-install-bin" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)

$ sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si

b. Install cabal-install-bin on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S cabal-install-bin

* (Optional) Uninstall cabal-install-bin on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns cabal-install-bin

2. Manually Install "cabal-install-bin" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:

$ sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git

b. Clone cabal-install-bin's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/cabal-install-bin.git ~/cabal-install-bin

c. Go to ~/cabal-install-bin folder and install it

$ cd ~/cabal-install-bin $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the cabal-install-bin package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1356393
Name: cabal-install-bin
PackageBaseID: 158340
PackageBase: cabal-install-bin
Version: 3.10.2.0-1
Description: The command-line interface for Cabal and Hackage.
URL: https://www.haskell.org/cabal
NumVotes: 2
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: carbolymer
Submitter: gplane
FirstSubmitted: 1601776685
LastModified: 1700509894
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/cabal-install-bin.tar.gz