pidswallow on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 04,2025

1. Install "pidswallow" 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 pidswallow on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall pidswallow on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 779808
Name: pidswallow
PackageBaseID: 156226
PackageBase: pidswallow
Version: 2.0-1
Description: A script to swallow your terminal automatically
URL: https://github.com/Liupold/pidswallow
NumVotes: 2
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer:
Submitter:
FirstSubmitted: 1596291588
LastModified: 1597721998
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/pidswallow.tar.gz