emacs-evil on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 26,2024

1. Install "emacs-evil" 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 emacs-evil on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall emacs-evil on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "emacs-evil" 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 emacs-evil's git locally


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


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

ID: 891409
Name: emacs-evil
PackageBaseID: 97151
PackageBase: emacs-evil
Version: 1.14.0-1
Description: An extensible vi layer for Emacs
URL: https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/Evil
NumVotes: 3
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate: 1694955203
Maintainer:
Submitter: eyl
FirstSubmitted: 1439241329
LastModified: 1618240772
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/emacs-evil.tar.gz