pcurses on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 28,2024

1. Install "pcurses" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
    Copied

b. Install pcurses on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall pcurses on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "pcurses" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
    Copied

b. Clone pcurses's git locally


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/pcurses.git 
            
                        
                ~/pcurses
            
                    
    
    Copied

c. Go to ~/pcurses folder and install it


   
    
        
            $
        

        
            
                cd
            
                        
                ~/pcurses
            
                    
    
    Copied

    

   
    
        
            $
        

        
            
                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
    Copied

3. Information about the pcurses package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1060023
Name: pcurses
PackageBaseID: 177578
PackageBase: pcurses
Version: 5-5
Description: A curses package management tool using libalpm
URL: https://github.com/schuay/pcurses
NumVotes: 8
Popularity: 0.054815
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: ralphptorres
Submitter: arojas
FirstSubmitted: 1648836694
LastModified: 1648836694
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/pcurses.tar.gz