wget-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 23,2024

1. Install "wget-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 wget-git on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall wget-git on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "wget-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 wget-git's git locally


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


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

ID: 989273
Name: wget-git
PackageBaseID: 69381
PackageBase: wget-git
Version: 1.21.2.r4.g65e6d5b3-1
Description: A network utility to retrieve files from the Web
URL: http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/wget.html
NumVotes: 4
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: darnir
Submitter: darnir
FirstSubmitted: 1366831184
LastModified: 1637001931
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/wget-git.tar.gz