gnome-cowsay on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 23,2024

1. Install "gnome-cowsay" 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 gnome-cowsay on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                gnome-cowsay
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall gnome-cowsay on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                gnome-cowsay
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "gnome-cowsay" 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 gnome-cowsay's git locally


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


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

ID: 1014182
Name: gnome-cowsay
PackageBaseID: 171286
PackageBase: gnome-cowsay
Version: 1.9.1-1
Description: A simple GNOME UI implementation of Cowsay
URL: https://gitlab.gnome.org/Eonfge/cowsay
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate: 1703603881
Maintainer: igor-dyatlov
Submitter: igor-dyatlov
FirstSubmitted: 1632306667
LastModified: 1641394827
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/gnome-cowsay.tar.gz