inotail-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 03,2025

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


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                inotail-git
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall inotail-git on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                inotail-git
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "inotail-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 inotail-git's git locally


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


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

ID: 1264356
Name: inotail-git
PackageBaseID: 41529
PackageBase: inotail-git
Version: r270.a449425-1
Description: inotify-based implementation of tail
URL: https://distanz.ch/inotail
NumVotes: 6
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: eclairevoyant
Submitter: falconindy
FirstSubmitted: 1286455849
LastModified: 1685217560
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/inotail-git.tar.gz