openarena on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "openarena" 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 openarena on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall openarena on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 220884
Name: openarena
PackageBaseID: 97370
PackageBase: openarena
Version: 0.8.8-3
Description: A violent, sexy, multiplayer first person shooter based on the ioquake3 engine (binary package)
URL: http://openarena.ws/
NumVotes: 57
Popularity: 0.01965
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: mikroskeem
Submitter: mikroskeem
FirstSubmitted: 1439378518
LastModified: 1439382080
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/openarena.tar.gz