shorten on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 28,2024

1. Install "shorten" 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 shorten on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall shorten on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 920903
Name: shorten
PackageBaseID: 136998
PackageBase: shorten
Version: 3.6.1-4
Description: a fast, low complexity waveform coder (audio compressor) which uses a lossless compression scheme, with support for seek tables, superior to that of mp3
URL: http://shnutils.freeshell.org/shorten
NumVotes: 3
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: zoe
Submitter: zoe
FirstSubmitted: 1540808790
LastModified: 1623660493
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/shorten.tar.gz