roxterm-gtk2 on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 25,2024

1. Install "roxterm-gtk2" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)

$ sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si

b. Install roxterm-gtk2 on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S roxterm-gtk2

* (Optional) Uninstall roxterm-gtk2 on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns roxterm-gtk2

2. Manually Install "roxterm-gtk2" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:

$ sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git

b. Clone roxterm-gtk2's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/roxterm-gtk2.git ~/roxterm-gtk2

c. Go to ~/roxterm-gtk2 folder and install it

$ cd ~/roxterm-gtk2 $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the roxterm-gtk2 package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 415418
Name: roxterm-gtk2
PackageBaseID: 61173
PackageBase: roxterm-gtk2
Version: 2.9.7-2
Description: Tabbed, VTE-based terminal emulator (GTK2 version)
URL: http://roxterm.sourceforge.net/
NumVotes: 6
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: bidulock
Submitter: gavinhungry
FirstSubmitted: 1343196204
LastModified: 1496159554
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/roxterm-gtk2.tar.gz

5. The same packages on other Linux Distributions