vim-better-whitespace-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 28,2024

1. Install "vim-better-whitespace-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 vim-better-whitespace-git on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                vim-better-whitespace-git
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall vim-better-whitespace-git on Arch using YAY


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


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


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

ID: 931193
Name: vim-better-whitespace-git
PackageBaseID: 168677
PackageBase: vim-better-whitespace-git
Version: r127.8cf4b21-1
Description: Better whitespace highlighting for Vim
URL: https://github.com/ntpeters/vim-better-whitespace
NumVotes: 3
Popularity: 0.425277
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: morealaz
Submitter: lmartinez-mirror
FirstSubmitted: 1625586139
LastModified: 1625586139
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/vim-better-whitespace-git.tar.gz