watchman-bin on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "watchman-bin" 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 watchman-bin on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S watchman-bin

* (Optional) Uninstall watchman-bin on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns watchman-bin

2. Manually Install "watchman-bin" via AUR

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

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

b. Clone watchman-bin's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/watchman-bin.git ~/watchman-bin

c. Go to ~/watchman-bin folder and install it

$ cd ~/watchman-bin $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the watchman-bin package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1413971
Name: watchman-bin
PackageBaseID: 159040
PackageBase: watchman-bin
Version: 2024.02.12.00-1
Description: An inotify-based file watching and job triggering command line utility
URL: https://facebook.github.io/watchman/
NumVotes: 16
Popularity: 0.381827
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: heftig
Submitter: heftig
FirstSubmitted: 1603380956
LastModified: 1708647059
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/watchman-bin.tar.gz