meld-gtk2 on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: July 06,2024

1. Install "meld-gtk2" 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

b. Install meld-gtk2 on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S meld-gtk2

* (Optional) Uninstall meld-gtk2 on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns meld-gtk2

2. Manually Install "meld-gtk2" via AUR

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

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

b. Clone meld-gtk2's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/meld-gtk2.git ~/meld-gtk2

c. Go to ~/meld-gtk2 folder and install it

$ cd ~/meld-gtk2 $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the meld-gtk2 package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 387375
Name: meld-gtk2
PackageBaseID: 104348
PackageBase: meld-gtk2
Version: 1.8.6-1
Description: Visual diff and merge tool (last GTK2 version)
URL: http://meldmerge.org/
NumVotes: 6
Popularity: 1.0E-6
OutOfDate:
Maintainer:
FirstSubmitted: 1449606973
LastModified: 1488044666
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/meld-gtk2.tar.gz