metals on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: June 03,2024

1. Install "metals" 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 metals on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall metals on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1428692
Name: metals
PackageBaseID: 141118
PackageBase: metals
Version: 1.2.2-1
Description: Language Server For Scala
URL: https://scalameta.org/metals/
NumVotes: 9
Popularity: 0.319926
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: isomarcte
Submitter: isomarcte
FirstSubmitted: 1554916293
LastModified: 1710619469
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/metals.tar.gz