git-ignore on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 29,2024

1. Install "git-ignore" 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 git-ignore on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall git-ignore on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "git-ignore" 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 git-ignore's git locally


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


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

ID: 1410935
Name: git-ignore
PackageBaseID: 168815
PackageBase: git-ignore
Version: 1.3.1-1
Description: Quickly and easily list and fetch .gitignore templates from gitignore.io
URL: https://github.com/sondr3/git-ignore
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: sondr3
Submitter: lmartinez-mirror
FirstSubmitted: 1625956584
LastModified: 1708184255
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/git-ignore.tar.gz