troff-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 11,2025

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

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

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


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


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

ID: 904408
Name: troff-git
PackageBaseID: 83444
PackageBase: troff-git
Version: r86.e91fb98-1
Description: A port of Plan9 troff tools to Linux, contains troff, tr2ps (dpost), eqn, tbl, pic, and grap.
URL: http://repo.or.cz/w/troff.git
NumVotes: 2
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: aksr
Submitter: aksr
FirstSubmitted: 1404133276
LastModified: 1620541897
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/troff-git.tar.gz