vim-trailing-whitespace on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "vim-trailing-whitespace" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)

$ sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si

b. Install vim-trailing-whitespace on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S vim-trailing-whitespace

* (Optional) Uninstall vim-trailing-whitespace on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns vim-trailing-whitespace

2. Manually Install "vim-trailing-whitespace" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:

$ sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git

b. Clone vim-trailing-whitespace's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/vim-trailing-whitespace.git ~/vim-trailing-whitespace

c. Go to ~/vim-trailing-whitespace folder and install it

$ cd ~/vim-trailing-whitespace $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the vim-trailing-whitespace package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 204849
Name: vim-trailing-whitespace
PackageBaseID: 75764
PackageBase: vim-trailing-whitespace
Version: 1.0.r5.g0c79bd5-1
Description: Vim plugin: Highlights trailing whitespace in red and provides :FixWhitespace to fix it
URL: https://github.com/bronson/vim-trailing-whitespace
NumVotes: 2
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: eworm
FirstSubmitted: 1385631714
LastModified: 1435652954
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/vim-trailing-whitespace.tar.gz