ruby-platform on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 26,2024

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


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


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


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


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

ID: 1147045
Name: ruby-platform
PackageBaseID: 103782
PackageBase: ruby-platform
Version: 0.4.2-1
Description: Hopefully robust platform sensing.
URL: http://rubyforge.org/projects/platform/
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer:
Submitter: CarstenF
FirstSubmitted: 1448444274
LastModified: 1664633722
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/ruby-platform.tar.gz