twitter on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "twitter" 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 twitter on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall twitter on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1336853
Name: twitter
PackageBaseID: 189141
PackageBase: twitter
Version: 1.0.4-1
Description: Unnofficial Twitter desktop application
URL: https://gitlab.com/twitterdesktop/application
NumVotes: 2
Popularity: 0.208603
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: gameslayer
Submitter: gameslayer
FirstSubmitted: 1672462224
LastModified: 1697761250
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/twitter.tar.gz