icdiff-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 02,2025

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

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

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


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


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

ID: 189775
Name: icdiff-git
PackageBaseID: 88066
PackageBase: icdiff-git
Version: 20141214-1
Description: Improved colored diff
URL: https://github.com/jeffkaufman/icdiff
NumVotes: 5
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: terrynsun
Submitter: atweiden
FirstSubmitted: 1417998904
LastModified: 1433875561
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/icdiff-git.tar.gz