makeself on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "makeself" 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 makeself on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall makeself on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1266533
Name: makeself
PackageBaseID: 45205
PackageBase: makeself
Version: 2.5.0-1
Description: Utility to create self-extracting packages
URL: http://megastep.org/makeself
NumVotes: 23
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: severach
Submitter: wonder
FirstSubmitted: 1294586828
LastModified: 1685665170
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/makeself.tar.gz