cwdiff on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 26,2024

1. Install "cwdiff" 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 cwdiff on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall cwdiff on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 521694
Name: cwdiff
PackageBaseID: 100095
PackageBase: cwdiff
Version: 0.4.0-2
Description: A wrapper for wdiff to provide colorized output
URL: https://github.com/junghans/cwdiff.git
NumVotes: 6
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer:
Submitter: qqqqqqqqq9
FirstSubmitted: 1442396009
LastModified: 1529765501
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/cwdiff.tar.gz