rng on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 26,2024

1. Install "rng" 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 rng on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall rng on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 559428
Name: rng
PackageBaseID: 137327
PackageBase: rng
Version: 1.0-1
Description: Copy ranges of lines from stdin to stdout
URL: https://github.com/sjmulder/rng
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate: 1710300974
Maintainer: sjmulder
Submitter: sjmulder
FirstSubmitted: 1542072366
LastModified: 1542072366
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/rng.tar.gz