hexcompare on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "hexcompare" 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 hexcompare on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall hexcompare on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 548687
Name: hexcompare
PackageBaseID: 136403
PackageBase: hexcompare
Version: 1.0.4-1
Description: Curses-based utility to compare and identify differences between two binary files
URL: https://sourceforge.net/projects/hexcompare/
NumVotes: 5
Popularity: 0.003091
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: uffe
Submitter: uffe
FirstSubmitted: 1538474857
LastModified: 1538474857
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/hexcompare.tar.gz