ptail on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: June 16,2024

1. Install "ptail" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)

$ sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si

b. Install ptail on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S ptail

* (Optional) Uninstall ptail on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns ptail

2. Manually Install "ptail" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:

$ sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git

b. Clone ptail's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/ptail.git ~/ptail

c. Go to ~/ptail folder and install it

$ cd ~/ptail $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the ptail package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 666233
Name: ptail
PackageBaseID: 146556
PackageBase: ptail
Version: 0.2.2-1
Description: Stream and display a fixed number of lines from processes output
URL: https://github.com/orf/ptail
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: wezm
Submitter: wezm
FirstSubmitted: 1573420665
LastModified: 1573684348
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/ptail.tar.gz