distro on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 27,2024

1. Install "distro" 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 distro on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall distro on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 691608
Name: distro
PackageBaseID: 148665
PackageBase: distro
Version: 1.2.0-1
Description: Drop-in replacment for the python-distro utility, written in Go
URL: https://github.com/xyproto/distrodetector
NumVotes: 2
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: xyproto
Submitter: xyproto
FirstSubmitted: 1580480870
LastModified: 1580480870
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/distro.tar.gz