icdiff on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: July 01,2024

1. Install "icdiff" 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 icdiff on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall icdiff on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1309718
Name: icdiff
PackageBaseID: 88085
PackageBase: icdiff
Version: 2.0.7-1
Description: Improved colored diff
URL: https://github.com/jeffkaufman/icdiff
NumVotes: 48
Popularity: 0.346512
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: mtorromeo
Submitter: mtorromeo
FirstSubmitted: 1418071674
LastModified: 1693126594
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/icdiff.tar.gz