findwild on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 26,2025

1. Install "findwild" 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 findwild on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall findwild on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1236603
Name: findwild
PackageBaseID: 14866
PackageBase: findwild
Version: 3.3-5
Description: A program to find files with a nice gtk interface
URL: http://www.kornelix.net/findwild/findwild.html
NumVotes: 11
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer:
Submitter: haawda
FirstSubmitted: 1201397377
LastModified: 1680633503
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/findwild.tar.gz