surf on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 27,2024

1. Install "surf" 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 surf on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall surf on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 988404
Name: surf
PackageBaseID: 152247
PackageBase: surf
Version: 2.1-6
Description: A simple web browser based on WebKit/GTK+.
URL: https://surf.suckless.org/
NumVotes: 19
Popularity: 0.139264
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: nicholascw
Submitter: arojas
FirstSubmitted: 1588362101
LastModified: 1636856773
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/surf.tar.gz