libpurple-minimal on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: June 18,2024

1. Install "libpurple-minimal" 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 libpurple-minimal on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                libpurple-minimal
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall libpurple-minimal on Arch using YAY


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


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


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

ID: 1309804
Name: libpurple-minimal
PackageBaseID: 162839
PackageBase: libpurple-minimal
Version: 2.14.12-1
Description: Minimal build of the Pidgin IM library without gstreamer/perl/X11/etc for bitlbee and such.
URL: http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/WhatIsLibpurple
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: mk-fg
Submitter: mk-fg
FirstSubmitted: 1612318551
LastModified: 1693140837
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/libpurple-minimal.tar.gz