cboard on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 05,2025

1. Install "cboard" 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 cboard on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall cboard on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 565499
Name: cboard
PackageBaseID: 100551
PackageBase: cboard
Version: 0.7.5-1
Description: An NCurses PGN browser, editor, and front end to chess engines that use the XBoard protocol.
URL: http://sourceforge.net/projects/c-board/
NumVotes: 2
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: aksr
Submitter: aksr
FirstSubmitted: 1442951632
LastModified: 1543905714
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/cboard.tar.gz