mecab on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 02,2024

Deprecated! Installation of this package may no longer be supported.

1. Install "mecab" 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 mecab on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall mecab on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 585064
Name: mecab
PackageBaseID: 97399
PackageBase: mecab
Version: 0.996-6
Description: Yet another part-of-speech and morphological analyzer.
URL: https://taku910.github.io/mecab
NumVotes: 10
Popularity: 0.083283
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: yuanji
FirstSubmitted: 1439387741
LastModified: 1549874419
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/mecab.tar.gz