polecat on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 28,2024

1. Install "polecat" 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 polecat on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall polecat on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 822907
Name: polecat
PackageBaseID: 160180
PackageBase: polecat
Version: 0.1.9-1
Description: simple wine version manager
URL: https://github.com/Jan200101/polecat
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Sentry
Submitter: Sentry
FirstSubmitted: 1606155652
LastModified: 1606155928
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/polecat.tar.gz