sil on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "sil" 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 sil on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall sil on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 916738
Name: sil
PackageBaseID: 107700
PackageBase: sil
Version: 1.3.0-4
Description: A game of adventure set in the first age of Middle-earth, when the world still rang with elven song and gleamed with dwarven mail. Walk the dark halls of Angband. Slay creatures black and fell. Wrest a shining Silmaril from Morgoth’s iron crown.
URL: http://www.amirrorclear.net/flowers/game/sil/
NumVotes: 9
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: patlefort
Submitter: metamer
FirstSubmitted: 1455684303
LastModified: 1622805238
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/sil.tar.gz