dotconfig on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 15,2024

1. Install "dotconfig" 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 dotconfig on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S dotconfig

* (Optional) Uninstall dotconfig on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns dotconfig

2. Manually Install "dotconfig" via AUR

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

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

b. Clone dotconfig's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/dotconfig.git ~/dotconfig

c. Go to ~/dotconfig folder and install it

$ cd ~/dotconfig $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the dotconfig package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1119215
Name: dotconfig
PackageBaseID: 184145
PackageBase: dotconfig
Version: 0.2.0-1
Description: A tool for symlinking configuration files from a central repository to their respective locations on the system in a repeatable, configurable way.
URL: https://github.com/mfdorst/dotconfig
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: mdorst
Submitter: mdorst
FirstSubmitted: 1658307524
LastModified: 1659162841
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/dotconfig.tar.gz