rsstail on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "rsstail" 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 rsstail on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall rsstail on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 919936
Name: rsstail
PackageBaseID: 108038
PackageBase: rsstail
Version: 2.1-3
Description: Monitor and print rss feeds (tail for rss...)
URL: https://github.com/oldlaptop/rsstail
NumVotes: 5
Popularity: 0.02138
OutOfDate: 1709563826
Maintainer: nheird
Submitter: nheird
FirstSubmitted: 1456424173
LastModified: 1623429500
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/rsstail.tar.gz