libdiff on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 28,2024

1. Install "libdiff" 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 libdiff on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall libdiff on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 571939
Name: libdiff
PackageBaseID: 135333
PackageBase: libdiff
Version: 0.1.0-4
Description: C library to generate arbitrary sequence diffs
URL: https://github.com/kristapsdz/libdiff
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: aperez
Submitter: aperez
FirstSubmitted: 1535111615
LastModified: 1545962043
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/libdiff.tar.gz