electron8-bin on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "electron8-bin" 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 electron8-bin on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                electron8-bin
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall electron8-bin on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                electron8-bin
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "electron8-bin" 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 electron8-bin's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/electron8-bin.git 
            
                        
                ~/electron8-bin
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/electron8-bin folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/electron8-bin
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the electron8-bin package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1412138
Name: electron8-bin
PackageBaseID: 152016
PackageBase: electron8-bin
Version: 1:8.5.5-5
Description: Build cross platform desktop apps with web technologies - version 8 - binary version
URL: https://electronjs.org
NumVotes: 8
Popularity: 0.118025
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: dpeukert
Submitter: tlvince
FirstSubmitted: 1587899487
LastModified: 1708380399
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/electron8-bin.tar.gz