faint on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 12,2025

1. Install "faint" 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 faint on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall faint on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 926282
Name: faint
PackageBaseID: 159763
PackageBase: faint
Version: 1.2.0-2
Description: Extensible TUI fuzzy file explorer
URL: https://github.com/salman-abedin/faint
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer:
Submitter: orhun
FirstSubmitted: 1605197516
LastModified: 1624692904
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/faint.tar.gz