textar on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 01,2025

1. Install "textar" 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 textar on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall textar on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 680834
Name: textar
PackageBaseID: 147521
PackageBase: textar
Version: 0.2.0-1
Description: tar-like program for creating plain text archives from plain text files
URL: https://github.com/LHLaurini/textar
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: LHLaurini
Submitter: LHLaurini
FirstSubmitted: 1576767079
LastModified: 1577465524
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/textar.tar.gz