lite on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 03,2025

1. Install "lite" 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 lite on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall lite on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 777351
Name: lite
PackageBaseID: 153818
PackageBase: lite
Version: 1.11-2
Description: A lightweight text editor written in Lua
URL: https://github.com/rxi/lite
NumVotes: 4
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: alerque
Submitter: alerque
FirstSubmitted: 1590953119
LastModified: 1597133192
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/lite.tar.gz