contour on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "contour" 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 contour on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall contour on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1404579
Name: contour
PackageBaseID: 189082
PackageBase: contour
Version: 0.4.3.6442-1
Description: Modern C++ Terminal Emulator
URL: https://github.com/contour-terminal/contour
NumVotes: 5
Popularity: 1.13142
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: ptr1337
Submitter: ptr1337
FirstSubmitted: 1672317460
LastModified: 1707167323
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/contour.tar.gz