emacspeak on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 02,2025

1. Install "emacspeak" 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 emacspeak on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall emacspeak on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "emacspeak" 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 emacspeak's git locally


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


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

ID: 1016508
Name: emacspeak
PackageBaseID: 30210
PackageBase: emacspeak
Version: 55.0-1
Description: Emacs extension that provides spoken output
URL: http://emacspeak.sf.net/
NumVotes: 12
Popularity: 0.118073
OutOfDate: 1701149008
Maintainer: alex19EP
Submitter:
FirstSubmitted: 1253106118
LastModified: 1641821920
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/emacspeak.tar.gz