folderpreview on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 24,2024

1. Install "folderpreview" 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 folderpreview on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                folderpreview
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall folderpreview on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                folderpreview
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "folderpreview" 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 folderpreview's git locally


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


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

ID: 911761
Name: folderpreview
PackageBaseID: 160353
PackageBase: folderpreview
Version: 0.4.3-1
Description: Generates folder thumbs using child files thumbs
URL: https://gitlab.com/hxss-linux/folderpreview
NumVotes: 4
Popularity: 0.041586
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: hxss
Submitter: hxss
FirstSubmitted: 1606587803
LastModified: 1621882729
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/folderpreview.tar.gz