chicken-readline on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: July 07,2024

1. Install "chicken-readline" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)

$ sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si

b. Install chicken-readline on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S chicken-readline

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

$ yay -Rns chicken-readline

2. Manually Install "chicken-readline" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:

$ sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git

b. Clone chicken-readline's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/chicken-readline.git ~/chicken-readline

c. Go to ~/chicken-readline folder and install it

$ cd ~/chicken-readline $ makepkg -si

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