cget on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: June 11,2024

1. Install "cget" 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 cget on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall cget on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 896330
Name: cget
PackageBaseID: 165915
PackageBase: cget
Version: 1.1-1
Description: A Curl and Python Based simple download command (SYNTAX: cget url file)
URL:
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: danilacasito
Submitter: danilacasito
FirstSubmitted: 1619013976
LastModified: 1619091994
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/cget.tar.gz