ruby-platform on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 23,2024

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

$ yay -S ruby-platform

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

$ yay -Rns ruby-platform

2. Manually Install "ruby-platform" via AUR

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

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

b. Clone ruby-platform's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/ruby-platform.git ~/ruby-platform

c. Go to ~/ruby-platform folder and install it

$ cd ~/ruby-platform $ makepkg -si

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