slackcat on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 26,2024

1. Install "slackcat" 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 slackcat on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall slackcat on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 937521
Name: slackcat
PackageBaseID: 105676
PackageBase: slackcat
Version: 1.7.3-1
Description: Commandline utility for posting snippets to Slack
URL: https://github.com/bcicen/slackcat
NumVotes: 7
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: bcicen
Submitter: bcicen
FirstSubmitted: 1452096019
LastModified: 1626884607
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/slackcat.tar.gz