whats on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "whats" 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 whats on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S whats

* (Optional) Uninstall whats on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns whats

2. Manually Install "whats" via AUR

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

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

b. Clone whats's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/whats.git ~/whats

c. Go to ~/whats folder and install it

$ cd ~/whats $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the whats package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1057754
Name: whats
PackageBaseID: 177349
PackageBase: whats
Version: 1.0.0-1
Description: queries wikipedia for a summary of something
URL: https://github.com/snoglobe/whats
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: snwy
Submitter: snwy
FirstSubmitted: 1648429738
LastModified: 1648429738
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/whats.tar.gz