whats on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: September 21,2024

1. Install "whats" 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 whats on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall whats on Arch using YAY

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


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


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/whats
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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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