cylon on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: June 26,2024

1. Install "cylon" 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 cylon on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall cylon on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1423913
Name: cylon
PackageBaseID: 115364
PackageBase: cylon
Version: 6.3-4
Description: Updates, Maintenance, backup and system checks in a menu driven TUI written in Bash
URL: https://github.com/gavinlyonsrepo/cylon
NumVotes: 33
Popularity: 0.277544
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: glyons
Submitter: glyons
FirstSubmitted: 1473351748
LastModified: 1710003889
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/cylon.tar.gz