exercism on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "exercism" 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 exercism on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall exercism on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1412354
Name: exercism
PackageBaseID: 136519
PackageBase: exercism
Version: 3.3.0-3
Description: Command line tool for exercism.io
URL: https://github.com/exercism/cli
NumVotes: 12
Popularity: 0.001164
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: severen
Submitter: squarfed
FirstSubmitted: 1538934030
LastModified: 1708417062
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/exercism.tar.gz