python2-xdg on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 08,2024

1. Install "python2-xdg" 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 python2-xdg on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                python2-xdg
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall python2-xdg on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                python2-xdg
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "python2-xdg" 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 python2-xdg's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/python2-xdg.git 
            
                        
                ~/python2-xdg
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/python2-xdg folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/python2-xdg
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the python2-xdg package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1109450
Name: python2-xdg
PackageBaseID: 183312
PackageBase: python2-pyxdg
Version: 0.28-5
Description: [meta-pkg] Old, deprecated package name. Whatever depends on this should depend on python2-pyxdg instead.
URL: https://pypi.org/project/pyxdg/0.28/
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 4.0E-6
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: tallero
Submitter: MarsSeed
FirstSubmitted: 1655515392
LastModified: 1657310817
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/python2-xdg.tar.gz