xrootconsole on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "xrootconsole" 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 xrootconsole on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                xrootconsole
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall xrootconsole on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                xrootconsole
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "xrootconsole" 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 xrootconsole's git locally


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


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

ID: 333271
Name: xrootconsole
PackageBaseID: 115052
PackageBase: xrootconsole
Version: 0.6-1
Description: display a file (or stdin) to a transparent window
URL: https://sourceforge.net/projects/xrootconsole
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: koneu
Submitter: koneu
FirstSubmitted: 1472299776
LastModified: 1472299776
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/xrootconsole.tar.gz