howdy on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: September 28,2024

1. Install "howdy" 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 howdy on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall howdy on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 941268
Name: howdy
PackageBaseID: 133752
PackageBase: howdy
Version: 2.6.1-2
Description: Windows Hello for Linux
URL: https://github.com/boltgolt/howdy
NumVotes: 40
Popularity: 0.119369
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: boltgolt
Submitter: kelleymcches
FirstSubmitted: 1529904308
LastModified: 1627634531
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/howdy.tar.gz