neovim-symlinks on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 03,2025

1. Install "neovim-symlinks" 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 neovim-symlinks on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                neovim-symlinks
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall neovim-symlinks on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                neovim-symlinks
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "neovim-symlinks" 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 neovim-symlinks's git locally


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


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

ID: 1070614
Name: neovim-symlinks
PackageBaseID: 178190
PackageBase: neovim-symlinks
Version: 5-1
Description: Runs neovim if vi or vim is called
URL:
NumVotes: 30
Popularity: 0.223193
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Scimmia
Submitter: grawlinson
FirstSubmitted: 1650650008
LastModified: 1650650010
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/neovim-symlinks.tar.gz