fex on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "fex" 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 fex on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall fex on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 191542
Name: fex
PackageBaseID: 56711
PackageBase: fex
Version: 2.0.0-1
Description: Flexible field/token extraction
URL: https://github.com/jordansissel/fex
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: aaronp
Submitter: aaronp
FirstSubmitted: 1329365968
LastModified: 1433964668
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/fex.tar.gz