js8call on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: March 13,2025

1. Install "js8call" 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 js8call on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall js8call on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "js8call" 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 js8call's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/js8call.git 
            
                        
                ~/js8call
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/js8call folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/js8call
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the js8call package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1097406
Name: js8call
PackageBaseID: 136536
PackageBase: js8call
Version: 2.2.0-5
Description: Software for ragchewing and message-passing based on WSJT-X
URL: https://bitbucket.org/widefido/js8call/
NumVotes: 10
Popularity: 0.368702
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: salcedo
Submitter: classabbyamp
FirstSubmitted: 1539023356
LastModified: 1655054578
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/js8call.tar.gz