playbox on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 09,2025

1. Install "playbox" 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 playbox on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall playbox on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 728046
Name: playbox
PackageBaseID: 102240
PackageBase: playbox
Version: 1.8.0-1
Description: A growing collection of board games.
URL: http://sourceforge.net/projects/playbox/
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Theredbaron1834
Submitter: Theredbaron1834
FirstSubmitted: 1445498330
LastModified: 1588117257
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/playbox.tar.gz