nethack-qt on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "nethack-qt" 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 nethack-qt on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall nethack-qt on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "nethack-qt" 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 nethack-qt's git locally


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


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

ID: 822994
Name: nethack-qt
PackageBaseID: 20461
PackageBase: nethack-qt
Version: 3.6.6-1
Description: A single player dungeon exploration game
URL: http://www.nethack.org/index.html
NumVotes: 5
Popularity: 0.016082
OutOfDate: 1701799755
Maintainer: fsnuker
Submitter:
FirstSubmitted: 1222946926
LastModified: 1606170298
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/nethack-qt.tar.gz