consolation on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "consolation" 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 consolation on Arch using YAY


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


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


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


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

ID: 1145656
Name: consolation
PackageBaseID: 145862
PackageBase: consolation
Version: 0.0.9-2
Description: Libinput-based console pointer support for copy-paste, similar to gpm
URL: https://salsa.debian.org/consolation-team/consolation
NumVotes: 3
Popularity: 0.003344
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: snakeroot
Submitter: snakeroot
FirstSubmitted: 1571180028
LastModified: 1664404207
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/consolation.tar.gz