gentoo on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "gentoo" 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 gentoo on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall gentoo on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 334345
Name: gentoo
PackageBaseID: 13995
PackageBase: gentoo
Version: 0.20.7-1
Description: A lightweight file manager for GTK
URL: http://www.obsession.se/gentoo/
NumVotes: 48
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: ghostlovescore
Submitter: Snowman
FirstSubmitted: 1196134383
LastModified: 1472639105
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/gentoo.tar.gz