emacs-mew on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: June 05,2024

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

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

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


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


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

ID: 561471
Name: emacs-mew
PackageBaseID: 27681
PackageBase: emacs-mew
Version: 6.8-2
Description: Messaging in the Emacs World
URL: http://www.mew.org/
NumVotes: 8
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer:
Submitter: jzxu
FirstSubmitted: 1246088947
LastModified: 1542710960
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/emacs-mew.tar.gz