par on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 05,2024

1. Install "par" 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 par on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall par on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1180888
Name: par
PackageBaseID: 478
PackageBase: par
Version: 1.52-9
Description: Paragraph reformatter
URL: http://www.nicemice.net/par/
NumVotes: 45
Popularity: 0.001911
OutOfDate: 1677447880
Maintainer: mass
Submitter:
FirstSubmitted: 1113833097
LastModified: 1670698803
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/par.tar.gz