rainbow on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: June 28,2024

1. Install "rainbow" 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 rainbow on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall rainbow on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1031937
Name: rainbow
PackageBaseID: 119669
PackageBase: rainbow
Version: 2.8.0-1
Description: Colorize commands output or STDIN using patterns.
URL: https://github.com/nicoulaj/rainbow
NumVotes: 2
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: nicoulaj
Submitter: nicoulaj
FirstSubmitted: 1486841096
LastModified: 1644088684
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/rainbow.tar.gz