informant on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 29,2024

1. Install "informant" 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 informant on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall informant on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1318609
Name: informant
PackageBaseID: 130409
PackageBase: informant
Version: 0.5.0-1
Description: An Arch Linux News reader and pacman hook
URL: https://github.com/bradford-smith94/informant
NumVotes: 102
Popularity: 3.525862
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: bradford-smith94
Submitter: bradford-smith94
FirstSubmitted: 1519757691
LastModified: 1694636527
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/informant.tar.gz