suck on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 29,2024

1. Install "suck" 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 suck on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall suck on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1280085
Name: suck
PackageBaseID: 32305
PackageBase: suck
Version: 4.3.2-4
Description: Download news from remote NNTP server.
URL: http://linux.maruhn.com/sec/sucks.html
NumVotes: 2
Popularity: 0.490901
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: aksr
Submitter:
FirstSubmitted: 1259421643
LastModified: 1687983735
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/suck.tar.gz