conway-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 23,2024

1. Install "conway-git" 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 conway-git on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall conway-git on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "conway-git" 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 conway-git's git locally


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


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

ID: 231873
Name: conway-git
PackageBaseID: 95935
PackageBase: conway-git
Version: 0.1.3-1
Description: A conway's game of life player that uses ncurses
URL: https://github.com/DestructiveReasoning/Conway
NumVotes: 4
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: wadawalnut
Submitter: wadawalnut
FirstSubmitted: 1436844794
LastModified: 1442606169
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/conway-git.tar.gz