xcowsay on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "xcowsay" 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 xcowsay on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall xcowsay on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1037333
Name: xcowsay
PackageBaseID: 99293
PackageBase: xcowsay
Version: 1.6-1
Description: a program based on cowsay that displays a cute cow and message on your desktop
URL: http://www.doof.me.uk/xcowsay
NumVotes: 20
Popularity: 0.277485
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: ogghi
Submitter: aspirogrammer
FirstSubmitted: 1441311773
LastModified: 1644989542
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/xcowsay.tar.gz