mercury on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: June 29,2024

1. Install "mercury" 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 mercury on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall mercury on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1350238
Name: mercury
PackageBaseID: 100532
PackageBase: mercury
Version: 22.01.8-1
Description: The mercury language compiler.
URL: http://www.mercurylang.org/
NumVotes: 9
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: aperez
Submitter: Tetsumi
FirstSubmitted: 1442938300
LastModified: 1699525260
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/mercury.tar.gz