xidel on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 26,2024

1. Install "xidel" 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 xidel on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall xidel on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1306424
Name: xidel
PackageBaseID: 87666
PackageBase: xidel
Version: 0.9.9.20230617.8842.e14a96920e01-1
Description: A command line tool to download and extract data from html/xml pages
URL: http://videlibri.sourceforge.net/xidel.html
NumVotes: 18
Popularity: 0.00296
OutOfDate: 1704915660
Maintainer: levitsky
Submitter: levitsky
FirstSubmitted: 1416861550
LastModified: 1692483759
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/xidel.tar.gz