vimball on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "vimball" 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 vimball on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall vimball on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 216251
Name: vimball
PackageBaseID: 75150
PackageBase: vimball
Version: 33-1
Description: Facilitates creating, extracting, and listing the contents of "vimball" archives (*.vba)
URL: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1502
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: drrossum
Submitter: jstjohn
FirstSubmitted: 1383714357
LastModified: 1438191849
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/vimball.tar.gz