chars on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 04,2025

1. Install "chars" 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 chars on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall chars on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1300737
Name: chars
PackageBaseID: 129980
PackageBase: chars
Version: 0.7.0-1
Description: Command line tool to display information about unicode characters.
URL: https://github.com/antifuchs/chars
NumVotes: 2
Popularity: 3.0E-6
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: wezm
Submitter: wezm
FirstSubmitted: 1518387458
LastModified: 1691470110
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/chars.tar.gz