tkinfo on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 31,2025

1. Install "tkinfo" 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 tkinfo on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall tkinfo on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 559796
Name: tkinfo
PackageBaseID: 137358
PackageBase: tkinfo
Version: 2.11-1
Description: a graphical browser for files in the GNU hypertext 'info' format
URL: http://math-www.uni-paderborn.de/~axel/tkinfo/
NumVotes: 2
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: hav3lock
Submitter: hav3lock
FirstSubmitted: 1542174578
LastModified: 1542174578
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/tkinfo.tar.gz