detect-it-easy on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 23,2024

1. Install "detect-it-easy" 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 detect-it-easy on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S detect-it-easy

* (Optional) Uninstall detect-it-easy on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns detect-it-easy

2. Manually Install "detect-it-easy" via AUR

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

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

b. Clone detect-it-easy's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/detect-it-easy.git ~/detect-it-easy

c. Go to ~/detect-it-easy folder and install it

$ cd ~/detect-it-easy $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the detect-it-easy package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1200267
Name: detect-it-easy
PackageBaseID: 134916
PackageBase: detect-it-easy
Version: 3.07-1
Description: Detect It Easy, or abbreviated "DIE" is a program for determining types of files
URL: https://horsicq.github.io
NumVotes: 6
Popularity: 0.021614
OutOfDate: 1690921712
Maintainer: m3thodic
Submitter: m3thodic
FirstSubmitted: 1533815243
LastModified: 1674353203
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/detect-it-easy.tar.gz