slack-electron on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 14,2024

1. Install "slack-electron" 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 slack-electron on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                slack-electron
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall slack-electron on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                slack-electron
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "slack-electron" 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 slack-electron's git locally


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


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

ID: 1405742
Name: slack-electron
PackageBaseID: 155156
PackageBase: slack-electron
Version: 4.36.140-1
Description: Slack Desktop (Beta) for Linux, using the system Electron package
URL: https://slack.com/downloads/linux
NumVotes: 25
Popularity: 0.056041
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: carsme
Submitter: WhiredPlanck
FirstSubmitted: 1593968456
LastModified: 1707340682
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/slack-electron.tar.gz