whois-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 24,2024

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

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

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


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


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

ID: 1240833
Name: whois-git
PackageBaseID: 125088
PackageBase: whois-git
Version: 5.5.16.r0.g41b3435-1
Description: The whois client by Marco d'Itri
URL: https://github.com/rfc1036/whois
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Chocobo1
Submitter: Chocobo1
FirstSubmitted: 1503653871
LastModified: 1681377129
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/whois-git.tar.gz