pacnews-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 18,2024

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


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


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


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


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

ID: 497079
Name: pacnews-git
PackageBaseID: 61350
PackageBase: pacnews-git
Version: 1.0.r341.87fee7a-1
Description: Find .pacnew files and merge them with vimdiff
URL:
NumVotes: 17
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: xrchz
Submitter: xrchz
FirstSubmitted: 1343743589
LastModified: 1521870042
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/pacnews-git.tar.gz