open-cobol on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "open-cobol" 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 open-cobol on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall open-cobol on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "open-cobol" 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 open-cobol's git locally


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


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

ID: 1296557
Name: open-cobol
PackageBaseID: 131544
PackageBase: open-cobol
Version: 3.2.1-2
Description: COBOL compiler
URL: https://www.gnu.org/software/gnucobol/
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: eklausmeier
Submitter: kpcyrd
FirstSubmitted: 1523483842
LastModified: 1690747001
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/open-cobol.tar.gz