whalebird on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 27,2024

1. Install "whalebird" 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 whalebird on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall whalebird on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1427782
Name: whalebird
PackageBaseID: 155300
PackageBase: whalebird
Version: 6.0.5-1
Description: Single-column Fediverse client for desktop
URL: https://whalebird.social
NumVotes: 7
Popularity: 0.051817
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: h3poteto
Submitter: h3poteto
FirstSubmitted: 1594391435
LastModified: 1710515989
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/whalebird.tar.gz