fortune-mod-hitchhiker on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 18,2024

1. Install "fortune-mod-hitchhiker" 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-hitchhiker on Arch using YAY


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


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


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


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

ID: 957490
Name: fortune-mod-hitchhiker
PackageBaseID: 170815
PackageBase: fortune-mod-hitchhiker
Version: 20050611-3
Description: Collection of quotes (fortune cookies) from Douglas Adams' famous Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
URL: https://www.splitbrain.org/projects/fortunes/hg2g
NumVotes: 6
Popularity: 0.34295
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Tblue
Submitter: Tblue
FirstSubmitted: 1630944132
LastModified: 1630954178
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/fortune-mod-hitchhiker.tar.gz