chicken-readline on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 03,2025

Deprecated! Installation of this package may no longer be supported.

1. Install "chicken-readline" 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 chicken-readline on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                chicken-readline
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall chicken-readline on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                chicken-readline
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "chicken-readline" 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 chicken-readline's git locally


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


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

ID: 468245
Name: chicken-readline
PackageBaseID: 32803
PackageBase: chicken-readline
Version: 4.1.4-1
Description: An interface to the GNU readline library
URL: http://wiki.call-cc.org/eggref/4/readline
NumVotes: 3
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: SimSonic
FirstSubmitted: 1260664190
LastModified: 1512859358
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/chicken-readline.tar.gz