prboom on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 09,2025

1. Install "prboom" 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 prboom on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall prboom on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 953589
Name: prboom
PackageBaseID: 64246
PackageBase: prboom
Version: 2.5.0-8
Description: A game engine which provides a program to play Doom levels.
URL: http://prboom.sourceforge.net/
NumVotes: 24
Popularity: 0.277261
OutOfDate:
Maintainer:
Submitter: Snowman
FirstSubmitted: 1351910976
LastModified: 1630155133
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/prboom.tar.gz