songs on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 01,2025

1. Install "songs" 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 songs on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall songs on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 619258
Name: songs
PackageBaseID: 106595
PackageBase: songs
Version: 3.1-1
Description: A software suite that allows a user to create beautiful songbooks using LaTeX
URL: http://songs.sourceforge.net/
NumVotes: 2
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: djpohly
Submitter: djpohly
FirstSubmitted: 1453736870
LastModified: 1559856814
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/songs.tar.gz