flycheck on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "flycheck" 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 flycheck on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall flycheck on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 453333
Name: flycheck
PackageBaseID: 84666
PackageBase: flycheck
Version: 31-1
Description: Modern on-the-fly syntax checking extension for GNU Emacs
URL: http://www.flycheck.org/
NumVotes: 6
Popularity: 9.0E-6
OutOfDate: 1655771389
Maintainer: Geballin
Submitter: holos
FirstSubmitted: 1408254457
LastModified: 1508458575
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/flycheck.tar.gz