cowdancer on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "cowdancer" 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 cowdancer on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall cowdancer on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1008686
Name: cowdancer
PackageBaseID: 18670
PackageBase: cowdancer
Version: 0.89-1
Description: Copy-on-write wrapper for pbuilder
URL: https://packages.debian.org/sid/cowdancer
NumVotes: 4
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Forty-Bot
Submitter:
FirstSubmitted: 1217150214
LastModified: 1640203252
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/cowdancer.tar.gz