novelwriter-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: July 05,2024

1. Install "novelwriter-git" 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 novelwriter-git on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                novelwriter-git
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall novelwriter-git on Arch using YAY


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


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


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

ID: 1268923
Name: novelwriter-git
PackageBaseID: 149656
PackageBase: novelwriter-git
Version: 1:2.0.7.r22.g277bd783-1
Description: Markdown-like text editor designed for writing novels and larger projects of many smaller plain text documents
URL: https://github.com/vkbo/novelWriter
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer:
Submitter: pztrn
FirstSubmitted: 1582989624
LastModified: 1686064524
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/novelwriter-git.tar.gz