i3cat-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "i3cat-git" 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 i3cat-git on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall i3cat-git on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "i3cat-git" 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 i3cat-git's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/i3cat-git.git 
            
                        
                ~/i3cat-git
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/i3cat-git folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/i3cat-git
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the i3cat-git package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 208374
Name: i3cat-git
PackageBaseID: 81428
PackageBase: i3cat-git
Version: r33.be2ba5d-1
Description: A simple program to combine multiple i3bar JSON inputs into one to forward to i3bar.
URL: http://vincent-petithory.github.io/i3cat/
NumVotes: 4
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate: 1676965864
Maintainer: v.petithory
Submitter: v.petithory
FirstSubmitted: 1398898670
LastModified: 1436299927
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/i3cat-git.tar.gz