mercator on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 26,2024

1. Install "mercator" 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 mercator on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall mercator on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1198465
Name: mercator
PackageBaseID: 189619
PackageBase: mercator
Version: 0.2.0-1
Description: a TUI openstreetmap explorer
URL: https://github.com/mrusme/mercator
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: HalosGhost
Submitter: HalosGhost
FirstSubmitted: 1674021445
LastModified: 1674021445
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/mercator.tar.gz