distro-info on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "distro-info" 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-info on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                distro-info
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall distro-info on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                distro-info
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "distro-info" 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-info's git locally


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


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

ID: 1378807
Name: distro-info
PackageBaseID: 68972
PackageBase: distro-info
Version: 1.7-2
Description: provides information about the distributions' releases
URL: http://packages.debian.org/sid/distro-info
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Auerhuhn
Submitter: JonnyJD
FirstSubmitted: 1365549005
LastModified: 1704183842
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/distro-info.tar.gz