pacpreview on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "pacpreview" 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 pacpreview on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall pacpreview on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1238651
Name: pacpreview
PackageBaseID: 166194
PackageBase: pacpreview
Version: 0.3.1-1
Description: Pacman package info viewer, intended for use with fzf --preview
URL: https://github.com/TheCycoONE/pacpreview
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0.001072
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: TheCycoONE
Submitter: TheCycoONE
FirstSubmitted: 1619648192
LastModified: 1681009079
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/pacpreview.tar.gz