libxdiff on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "libxdiff" 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 libxdiff on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall libxdiff on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 188735
Name: libxdiff
PackageBaseID: 22259
PackageBase: libxdiff
Version: 0.23-2
Description: The LibXDiff library implements basic and yet complete functionalities to create file differences/patches
URL: http://www.xmailserver.org/xdiff-lib.html
NumVotes: 5
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: edub4rt
Submitter: mtorromeo
FirstSubmitted: 1229446688
LastModified: 1433847066
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/libxdiff.tar.gz