pod2man on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 03,2025

1. Install "pod2man" 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 pod2man on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall pod2man on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "pod2man" 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 pod2man's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/pod2man.git 
            
                        
                ~/pod2man
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/pod2man folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/pod2man
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the pod2man package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1327964
Name: pod2man
PackageBaseID: 140607
PackageBase: pod2man
Version: 5.38.0-1
Description: Make pod2man easily accessible
URL: https://perl.org/
NumVotes: 11
Popularity: 0.106682
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: nandub
Submitter: xyproto
FirstSubmitted: 1553514598
LastModified: 1696273399
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/pod2man.tar.gz