ticker-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 24,2024

1. Install "ticker-git" 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 ticker-git on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall ticker-git on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "ticker-git" 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 ticker-git's git locally


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


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

ID: 192349
Name: ticker-git
PackageBaseID: 83976
PackageBase: ticker-git
Version: 1.9.r5.g51260c4-1
Description: Ticker is a program that scrolls a message across the top or bottom line of your screen, in a manner similar to a stock ticker. Ticker supports communicating with programs that changes the text periodically.
URL: http://joeyh.name/code/ticker/
NumVotes: 3
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate: 1700385474
Maintainer: lothar_m
Submitter: lothar_m
FirstSubmitted: 1405899529
LastModified: 1434034733
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/ticker-git.tar.gz