optional-packages on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 24,2024

1. Install "optional-packages" 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 optional-packages on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                optional-packages
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall optional-packages on Arch using YAY


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


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


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

ID: 1312953
Name: optional-packages
PackageBaseID: 196484
PackageBase: optional-packages
Version: 1.0.4-1
Description: Command-line tool that finds all the optional packages of the packages that were pointed by you. It can install the packages.
URL: https://github.com/airvzxf/archlinux-optional-packages
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0.012087
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: airv_zxf
Submitter: airv_zxf
FirstSubmitted: 1691380152
LastModified: 1693689081
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/optional-packages.tar.gz