gi on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 09,2025

Deprecated! Installation of this package may no longer be supported.

1. Install "gi" 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 gi on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall gi on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 642716
Name: gi
PackageBaseID: 113046
PackageBase: gi
Version: 0.1.3-2
Description: Git wrapper to perform Mercurial-like short unique abbreviation searching for commands
URL: https://github.com/gagarski/gi
NumVotes: 20
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: gagarski
Submitter: gagarski
FirstSubmitted: 1467311705
LastModified: 1567528234
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/gi.tar.gz