readline-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 23,2024

1. Install "readline-git" 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 readline-git on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                readline-git
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall readline-git on Arch using YAY


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


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


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

ID: 1260746
Name: readline-git
PackageBaseID: 157876
PackageBase: readline-git
Version: 8.2.r1.g7274faa-2
Description: GNU readline library
URL: https://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Chocobo1
Submitter: Chocobo1
FirstSubmitted: 1600572997
LastModified: 1684592381
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/readline-git.tar.gz