fortune-mod-bofh-excuses on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "fortune-mod-bofh-excuses" 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 fortune-mod-bofh-excuses on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                fortune-mod-bofh-excuses
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall fortune-mod-bofh-excuses on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                fortune-mod-bofh-excuses
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "fortune-mod-bofh-excuses" 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 fortune-mod-bofh-excuses's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/fortune-mod-bofh-excuses.git 
            
                        
                ~/fortune-mod-bofh-excuses
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/fortune-mod-bofh-excuses folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/fortune-mod-bofh-excuses
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the fortune-mod-bofh-excuses package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 383246
Name: fortune-mod-bofh-excuses
PackageBaseID: 25229
PackageBase: fortune-mod-bofh-excuses
Version: 20151113.024512-1
Description: BOFH excuses fortune cookie files
URL: http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ballard/bofh/
NumVotes: 64
Popularity: 0.105824
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Tblue
Submitter: Tblue
FirstSubmitted: 1238797568
LastModified: 1486917958
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/fortune-mod-bofh-excuses.tar.gz