ls-icons on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "ls-icons" 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 ls-icons on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall ls-icons on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "ls-icons" 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 ls-icons's git locally


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


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

ID: 649083
Name: ls-icons
PackageBaseID: 131282
PackageBase: ls-icons
Version: v8.27+48+gc5f26413b-1
Description: A fork of coreutils with a modified ls that print icons
URL: https://github.com/sebastiencs/ls-icons
NumVotes: 2
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate: 1671875715
Maintainer:
Submitter: evilzer
FirstSubmitted: 1522584692
LastModified: 1569208256
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/ls-icons.tar.gz