megit on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 08,2025

1. Install "megit" 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 megit on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall megit on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1413476
Name: megit
PackageBaseID: 172960
PackageBase: megit
Version: 0.6.0-1
Description: A Git GUI repository manager based on EGit Eclipse plugin
URL: https://github.com/eclipsesource/megit
NumVotes: 5
Popularity: 0.775409
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: BrunoJesus
Submitter: creatorx
FirstSubmitted: 1636589197
LastModified: 1708555622
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/megit.tar.gz