random on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 01,2025

1. Install "random" 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 random on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall random on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 684673
Name: random
PackageBaseID: 135670
PackageBase: random
Version: 1.3-1
Description: Random number generator.
URL: https://github.com/ivanch/random
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0.016055
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: ivanch
Submitter: ivanch
FirstSubmitted: 1536018427
LastModified: 1578665298
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/random.tar.gz