form on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "form" 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 form on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall form on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1349022
Name: form
PackageBaseID: 123866
PackageBase: form
Version: 4.3.1-1
Description: Symbolic Manipulation System developed at Nikhef.
URL: https://www.nikhef.nl/~form/
NumVotes: 4
Popularity: 0.001234
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: zenAmp
Submitter: Revelation60
FirstSubmitted: 1499426720
LastModified: 1699349229
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/form.tar.gz