prospector on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 03,2025

1. Install "prospector" 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 prospector on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall prospector on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 686672
Name: prospector
PackageBaseID: 55410
PackageBase: prospector
Version: R210-1
Description: A roguelike in space
URL: http://prospector.at/
NumVotes: 5
Popularity: 0.20037
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Mr.Smith1974
Submitter: unknown
FirstSubmitted: 1325184103
LastModified: 1579132583
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/prospector.tar.gz