protoc-gen-go on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "protoc-gen-go" 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 protoc-gen-go on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                protoc-gen-go
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall protoc-gen-go on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                protoc-gen-go
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "protoc-gen-go" 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 protoc-gen-go's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/protoc-gen-go.git 
            
                        
                ~/protoc-gen-go
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/protoc-gen-go folder and install it


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

ID: 1227254
Name: protoc-gen-go
PackageBaseID: 153734
PackageBase: protoc-gen-go
Version: 1.30.0-1
Description: Go support for Google's protocol buffers
URL: https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf-go
NumVotes: 4
Popularity: 0.066281
OutOfDate: 1689395378
Maintainer: amenzhinsky
Submitter: amenzhinsky
FirstSubmitted: 1590736349
LastModified: 1678957388
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/protoc-gen-go.tar.gz