sgsearch on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: June 29,2024

1. Install "sgsearch" 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 sgsearch on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall sgsearch on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1362736
Name: sgsearch
PackageBaseID: 178723
PackageBase: sgsearch
Version: 1.2.5-1
Description: SGSearch is a frontend to the find and grep commands allowing respectively to search for file names or file content. It is meant to be a companion to file managers like Thunar (extension is provided) and works over GVFS.
URL: https://sgsearch.tuxfamily.org/
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0.117737
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Geballin
Submitter: Geballin
FirstSubmitted: 1652138902
LastModified: 1701384522
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/sgsearch.tar.gz