xterm-alacritty-symlink on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 05,2025

1. Install "xterm-alacritty-symlink" 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 xterm-alacritty-symlink on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                xterm-alacritty-symlink
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall xterm-alacritty-symlink on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                xterm-alacritty-symlink
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "xterm-alacritty-symlink" 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 xterm-alacritty-symlink's git locally


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


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

ID: 1104771
Name: xterm-alacritty-symlink
PackageBaseID: 183038
PackageBase: xterm-alacritty-symlink
Version: 3-1
Description: symlink to alacritty from xterm, required by gtk-launch for terminal applications
URL:
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: solnce
Submitter: solnce
FirstSubmitted: 1654794421
LastModified: 1656411649
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/xterm-alacritty-symlink.tar.gz