cw on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: March 29,2024

1. Install "cw" 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 cw on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S cw

* (Optional) Uninstall cw on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns cw

2. Manually Install "cw" via AUR

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

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

b. Clone cw's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/cw.git ~/cw

c. Go to ~/cw folder and install it

$ cd ~/cw $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the cw package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 263704
Name: cw
PackageBaseID: 105784
PackageBase: cw
Version: 1.0.16-4
Description: A non-intrusive real-time ANSI color wrapper for common unix-based commands
URL: http://cwrapper.sourceforge.net
NumVotes: 7
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: martinbaillie
Submitter: martinbaillie
FirstSubmitted: 1452252527
LastModified: 1452306771
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/cw.tar.gz