ical on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: June 24,2024

1. Install "ical" 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 ical on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall ical on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 604316
Name: ical
PackageBaseID: 139145
PackageBase: ical
Version: 3.0.4-1
Description: ical is an old but popular calendar package written in Tcl by Sanjay Ghemawat for Unix systems.
URL: https://launchpad.net/ical-tcl
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Geballin
Submitter: Geballin
FirstSubmitted: 1548800105
LastModified: 1555402846
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/ical.tar.gz