readline6 on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 26,2024

1. Install "readline6" 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 readline6 on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall readline6 on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "readline6" 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 readline6's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/readline6.git 
            
                        
                ~/readline6
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/readline6 folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/readline6
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the readline6 package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 981648
Name: readline6
PackageBaseID: 140499
PackageBase: readline6
Version: 6.3.008-4
Description: GNU readline library. Provides libreadline.so.6
URL: http://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: loathingkernel
Submitter: loathingkernel
FirstSubmitted: 1553264833
LastModified: 1635684097
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/readline6.tar.gz