ruby-backport on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 26,2024

1. Install "ruby-backport" 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 ruby-backport on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                ruby-backport
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall ruby-backport on Arch using YAY


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


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


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

ID: 921649
Name: ruby-backport
PackageBaseID: 139024
PackageBase: ruby-backport
Version: 1.2.0-0
Description: A pure Ruby library for event-driven IO
URL: https://github.com/castwide/backport
NumVotes: 3
Popularity: 0.006815
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: mnussbaum
Submitter: mnussbaum
FirstSubmitted: 1548405160
LastModified: 1623801366
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/ruby-backport.tar.gz