tapview on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 04,2025

1. Install "tapview" 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 tapview on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall tapview on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1386407
Name: tapview
PackageBaseID: 201366
PackageBase: tapview
Version: 1.10-1
Description: A tiny viewer/consumer for TAP (Test Anything Protocol)
URL: https://gitlab.com/esr/tapview
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0.277105
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Forty-Bot
Submitter: Forty-Bot
FirstSubmitted: 1704775324
LastModified: 1705352256
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/tapview.tar.gz