playdate-sdk on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "playdate-sdk" 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 playdate-sdk on Arch using YAY


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


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


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


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

ID: 1421704
Name: playdate-sdk
PackageBaseID: 176579
PackageBase: playdate-sdk
Version: 2.4.0-1
Description: SDK for the Playdate console with Lua and C APIs, docs, and a simulator
URL: https://play.date/dev/
NumVotes: 5
Popularity: 0.376354
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Auerhuhn
Submitter: Auerhuhn
FirstSubmitted: 1646329387
LastModified: 1709715961
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/playdate-sdk.tar.gz