popular-packages on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 08,2025

1. Install "popular-packages" 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 popular-packages on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                popular-packages
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall popular-packages on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                popular-packages
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "popular-packages" 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 popular-packages's git locally


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


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

ID: 701056
Name: popular-packages
PackageBaseID: 47257
PackageBase: popular-packages
Version: 0.6.1-1
Description: Lists popular packages not (yet) installed
URL: http://public.files.xavion.name/Software/popular-packages/popular-packages.jpg
NumVotes: 20
Popularity: 0.00787
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Xavion
Submitter: Xavion
FirstSubmitted: 1299730988
LastModified: 1582676578
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/popular-packages.tar.gz