gofork on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 25,2025

1. Install "gofork" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)

$ sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si

b. Install gofork on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S gofork

* (Optional) Uninstall gofork on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns gofork

2. Manually Install "gofork" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:

$ sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git

b. Clone gofork's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/gofork.git ~/gofork

c. Go to ~/gofork folder and install it

$ cd ~/gofork $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the gofork package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1072885
Name: gofork
PackageBaseID: 178385
PackageBase: gofork
Version: 1.0-1
Description: CLI tool to find forks that are ahead of a github repository.
URL:
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Syycorax
Submitter: Syycorax
FirstSubmitted: 1651153857
LastModified: 1651153857
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/gofork.tar.gz