mastodon on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 26,2024

1. Install "mastodon" 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 mastodon on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall mastodon on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1414288
Name: mastodon
PackageBaseID: 133647
PackageBase: mastodon
Version: 4.2.8-1
Description: Your self-hosted, globally interconnected microblogging community
URL: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon
NumVotes: 19
Popularity: 0.708747
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: dodecahedron
Submitter: flacks
FirstSubmitted: 1529436906
LastModified: 1708701973
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/mastodon.tar.gz