update-notifier on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "update-notifier" 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 update-notifier on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                update-notifier
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall update-notifier on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                update-notifier
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "update-notifier" 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 update-notifier's git locally


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


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

ID: 1277351
Name: update-notifier
PackageBaseID: 154305
PackageBase: update-notifier
Version: 0.7.7-5
Description: A simple pacman update notifier
URL: https://github.com/Chrysostomus/update-notifier
NumVotes: 3
Popularity: 0.004445
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: kemelzaidan
Submitter: ahmubashshir
FirstSubmitted: 1591955315
LastModified: 1687468092
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/update-notifier.tar.gz