ptail on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 05,2025

1. Install "ptail" 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 ptail on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall ptail on Arch using YAY

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


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


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/ptail
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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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