numdiff on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "numdiff" 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 numdiff on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall numdiff on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 432492
Name: numdiff
PackageBaseID: 42679
PackageBase: numdiff
Version: 5.9.0-1
Description: Program to compare files ignoring small numeric differences
URL: http://www.nongnu.org/numdiff/
NumVotes: 7
Popularity: 1.7E-5
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: bunder
Submitter: bunder
FirstSubmitted: 1289000933
LastModified: 1501680834
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/numdiff.tar.gz