units on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "units" 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 units on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall units on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1412487
Name: units
PackageBaseID: 192231
PackageBase: units
Version: 2.23-1
Description: converts between different units
URL: https://www.gnu.org/software/units/units.html
NumVotes: 33
Popularity: 1.927102
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: tarball
Submitter: arojas
FirstSubmitted: 1680371321
LastModified: 1708435065
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/units.tar.gz