insect on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 28,2024

1. Install "insect" 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 insect on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall insect on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1293271
Name: insect
PackageBaseID: 121913
PackageBase: insect
Version: 5.9.0-3
Description: High precision scientific calculator with support for physical units
URL: https://github.com/sharkdp/insect
NumVotes: 21
Popularity: 0.136329
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: sharkdp
Submitter: sharkdp
FirstSubmitted: 1493579584
LastModified: 1690135334
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/insect.tar.gz