deroff on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: September 28,2024

1. Install "deroff" 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 deroff on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall deroff on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 500836
Name: deroff
PackageBaseID: 131402
PackageBase: deroff
Version: 2.0-1
Description: Removes roff constructs, knows about certain -man and -mm macros, is able to generate a word list or omit headers
URL: http://www.moria.de/~michael/deroff/
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: aksr
Submitter: aksr
FirstSubmitted: 1523018965
LastModified: 1523018965
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/deroff.tar.gz