lolcate on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: March 15,2025

1. Install "lolcate" 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 lolcate on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall lolcate on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 860984
Name: lolcate
PackageBaseID: 149769
PackageBase: lolcate
Version: 0.10.0-1
Description: Lolcate -- A comically fast way of indexing and querying your filesystem. Replaces locate / mlocate / updatedb. Written in Rust.
URL: https://github.com/ngirard/lolcate-rs
NumVotes: 3
Popularity: 7.0E-6
OutOfDate:
Maintainer:
Submitter: icewind
FirstSubmitted: 1583274121
LastModified: 1612872396
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/lolcate.tar.gz