platformfolders on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "platformfolders" 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 platformfolders on Arch using YAY


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


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


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


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

ID: 1032791
Name: platformfolders
PackageBaseID: 132084
PackageBase: platformfolders
Version: 4.2.0-1
Description: A C++ library to look for special directories like "My Documents" and "%APPDATA%" so that you do not need to write Linux, Windows and Mac OS X specific code
URL: https://github.com/sago007/PlatformFolders
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: sum01
Submitter: sum01
FirstSubmitted: 1525400673
LastModified: 1644199828
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/platformfolders.tar.gz