star on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 25,2024

1. Install "star" 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 star on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall star on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 627360
Name: star
PackageBaseID: 87588
PackageBase: star
Version: 1.6-1
Description: A fast POSIX-compliant tape archiver
URL: http://freecode.com/projects/star
NumVotes: 5
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: gaby
Submitter: gaby
FirstSubmitted: 1416651129
LastModified: 1562480196
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/star.tar.gz