xmacro on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "xmacro" 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 xmacro on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall xmacro on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1371152
Name: xmacro
PackageBaseID: 15191
PackageBase: xmacro
Version: 0.4.6-2
Description: Recording and replaying keyboard and mouse events on an X server
URL: http://download.sarine.nl/xmacro/Description.html
NumVotes: 64
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: mschu
Submitter: ilpianista
FirstSubmitted: 1203011131
LastModified: 1702806257
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/xmacro.tar.gz