simstring-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: October 06,2024

1. Install "simstring-git" 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 simstring-git on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S simstring-git

* (Optional) Uninstall simstring-git on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns simstring-git

2. Manually Install "simstring-git" via AUR

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

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

b. Clone simstring-git's git locally

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

c. Go to ~/simstring-git folder and install it

$ cd ~/simstring-git $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the simstring-git package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 397760
Name: simstring-git
PackageBaseID: 121168
PackageBase: simstring-git
Version: 6209ea8-1
Description: A simple and efficient algorithm for approximate string matching
URL: http://www.chokkan.org/software/simstring/
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer:
Submitter: yantene
FirstSubmitted: 1491155182
LastModified: 1491155182
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/simstring-git.tar.gz