ruby-ncurses on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 16,2025

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


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


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


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


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

ID: 1235352
Name: ruby-ncurses
PackageBaseID: 192214
PackageBase: ruby-ncurses
Version: 1.3.1-15
Description: Module for interactive text console applications (ncurses)
URL: https://sourceforge.net/projects/ncurses-ruby.berlios/
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate: 1701870386
Maintainer:
Submitter: arojas
FirstSubmitted: 1680370022
LastModified: 1680370022
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/ruby-ncurses.tar.gz