lua-readline on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 29,2024

1. Install "lua-readline" 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 lua-readline on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                lua-readline
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall lua-readline on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                lua-readline
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "lua-readline" 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 lua-readline's git locally


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


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

ID: 1424406
Name: lua-readline
PackageBaseID: 177746
PackageBase: lua-readline
Version: 3.3-2
Description: Lua bindings to readline
URL: https://peterbillam.gitlab.io/pjb_lua/lua/readline.html
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: jprjr
Submitter: jprjr
FirstSubmitted: 1649304224
LastModified: 1710085073
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/lua-readline.tar.gz