lua-wcwidth on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 30,2024

1. Install "lua-wcwidth" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
    Copied

b. Install lua-wcwidth on Arch using YAY


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                yay -S
            
                        
                lua-wcwidth
            
                    
    
    Copied

* (Optional) Uninstall lua-wcwidth on Arch using YAY


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                yay -Rns
            
                        
                lua-wcwidth
            
                    
    
    Copied

2. Manually Install "lua-wcwidth" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
    Copied

b. Clone lua-wcwidth's git locally


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/lua-wcwidth.git 
            
                        
                ~/lua-wcwidth
            
                    
    
    Copied

c. Go to ~/lua-wcwidth folder and install it


   
    
        
            $
        

        
            
                cd
            
                        
                ~/lua-wcwidth
            
                    
    
    Copied

    

   
    
        
            $
        

        
            
                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
    Copied

3. Information about the lua-wcwidth package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 775485
Name: lua-wcwidth
PackageBaseID: 148082
PackageBase: lua-wcwidth
Version: 0.5-2
Description: Pure Lua implementation of the wcwidth() function
URL: https://github.com/aperezdc/lua-wcwidth
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: jxir
Submitter: jxir
FirstSubmitted: 1578755204
LastModified: 1596724271
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/lua-wcwidth.tar.gz