escrotum-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 05,2025

1. Install "escrotum-git" 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 escrotum-git on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                escrotum-git
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall escrotum-git on Arch using YAY


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


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


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

ID: 747968
Name: escrotum-git
PackageBaseID: 71100
PackageBase: escrotum-git
Version: 0.2.1.r46.27dfa4e-1
Description: Screen capture using pygtk, inspired by scrot
URL: https://github.com/Roger/escrotum
NumVotes: 24
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: dequis
Submitter: RogerDuran
FirstSubmitted: 1371469939
LastModified: 1591462612
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/escrotum-git.tar.gz