plover on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "plover" 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 plover on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall plover on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1387445
Name: plover
PackageBaseID: 105694
PackageBase: plover
Version: 4.0.0.rc2-1
Description: Free and open source real-time stenography engine
URL: https://www.openstenoproject.org/plover/
NumVotes: 4
Popularity: 0.020015
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: eclairevoyant
Submitter: Pyrrha
FirstSubmitted: 1452153021
LastModified: 1705485382
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/plover.tar.gz