watchman on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 25,2024

1. Install "watchman" 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 watchman on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall watchman on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1426278
Name: watchman
PackageBaseID: 161891
PackageBase: watchman
Version: 2024.03.11.00-1
Description: Watches files and records, or triggers actions, when they change
URL: https://github.com/facebook/watchman
NumVotes: 10
Popularity: 0.176157
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: carsme
Submitter: jelly
FirstSubmitted: 1610201358
LastModified: 1710317251
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/watchman.tar.gz