pidgin-wechat on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 23,2024

1. Install "pidgin-wechat" 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 pidgin-wechat on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                pidgin-wechat
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall pidgin-wechat on Arch using YAY


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


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


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

ID: 957154
Name: pidgin-wechat
PackageBaseID: 128579
PackageBase: pidgin-wechat
Version: 0.1.1-2
Description: WeChat protocol plugin for pidgin/libpurple. Based on Web Wechat and supports basic message receiving and picture receiving.
URL: https://github.com/sbwtw/pidgin-wechat
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate: 1706000701
Maintainer:
Submitter: GI_Jack
FirstSubmitted: 1514959367
LastModified: 1630881803
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/pidgin-wechat.tar.gz