discourse on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: March 06,2025

1. Install "discourse" 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 discourse on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall discourse on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 886486
Name: discourse
PackageBaseID: 87473
PackageBase: discourse
Version: 2.6.2-1
Description: A simple, flat forum, where replies flow down the page in a line
URL: https://www.discourse.org/
NumVotes: 5
Popularity: 0.000194
OutOfDate: 1674588282
Maintainer:
Submitter: rumpelsepp
FirstSubmitted: 1416213127
LastModified: 1617332759
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/discourse.tar.gz