tau-editor on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 16,2024

1. Install "tau-editor" 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 tau-editor on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall tau-editor on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "tau-editor" 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 tau-editor's git locally


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


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

ID: 1015534
Name: tau-editor
PackageBaseID: 147843
PackageBase: tau-editor
Version: 0.12.0-2
Description: GTK frontend for the Xi text editor, written in Rust
URL: https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/Tau
NumVotes: 7
Popularity: 0.001643
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: alerque
Submitter: flipflop97
FirstSubmitted: 1578081595
LastModified: 1641629721
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/tau-editor.tar.gz