greenfoot on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "greenfoot" 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 greenfoot on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall greenfoot on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1365115
Name: greenfoot
PackageBaseID: 18420
PackageBase: greenfoot
Version: 3.8.2-1
Description: Educational software designed to make learning programming easy and fun.
URL: https://www.greenfoot.org
NumVotes: 15
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: nomisge
Submitter: even
FirstSubmitted: 1216069294
LastModified: 1701799415
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/greenfoot.tar.gz