vim-assistant on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "vim-assistant" 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 vim-assistant on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                vim-assistant
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall vim-assistant on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                vim-assistant
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "vim-assistant" 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 vim-assistant's git locally


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


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

ID: 198221
Name: vim-assistant
PackageBaseID: 59551
PackageBase: vim-assistant
Version: 1.5.8-1
Description: Display the definition of functions, variables, etc. (Tags, PHP/JS/Vim/...)
URL: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2805
NumVotes: 5
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: jnbek
Submitter:
FirstSubmitted: 1338108694
LastModified: 1434493408
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/vim-assistant.tar.gz