cawbird on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "cawbird" 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 cawbird on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall cawbird on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1252670
Name: cawbird
PackageBaseID: 190298
PackageBase: cawbird
Version: 1.5-2
Description: Native GTK Twitter client
URL: https://ibboard.co.uk/cawbird/
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0.000391
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: tallero
Submitter: City-busz
FirstSubmitted: 1676078275
LastModified: 1683210407
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/cawbird.tar.gz