ArchLinux installing AUR packages

A basic demonstration on how to install AUR (Arch user repository) packages with makepgk and pacman. If you can't find something from the main repo's, chances are you can usually find it in the AUR package db. Arch's easy package management and minimal simplicity really sets it apart from most other distro's IMO. :)

1. enter your build directory (~/abs in this example)
2. untar the archive and cd to the created folder
3. check PKGBUILD for package information/build configurations (optional)
4. run makepkg -s to build the package
5. finally, run pacman -U [packagename.xz] to install the package.
6. winning.

Pretty simple really.


More information:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AUR

Check out Aurget, It's useful as well.

Heres my setup in this vid:

Window manager: Openbox
Panel: pypanel
Sys monitor: conky
Launcher: wbar
Terminal: urxvt

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• Archlinux
• AUR
• packages
• installing
• howto
• makepkg
• pacman
• openbox
• conky
• screenfetch

[blacksiddis]

How do you install and use different terminals? 

[xsploitedsecurity]

@blacksiddis the same way you install anything else really. In this example I'm using unicode-rxvt (urxvt) you can find it in the repo's. (pacman -Ss rxvt-unicode)

[blacksiddis]

@blacksiddis Is there any pros or cons using anything but the standard terminal?

[xsploitedsecurity]

Depends on how sexy you want it to look I suppose/how customizable you want it to be. I spent quite a bit of time getting mine to look like that. (transparency, coloring in bash etc)

[blacksiddis]

@xsploitedsecurity ALSO!

Feel free to post the config file for urxvt and conky :3

[xsploitedsecurity]

@blacksiddis sure,

I'll pastebin my confs tonight and post soon.

[alnimre]

Thanks >> :)

[blacksiddis]

@xsploitedsecurity Splendid!

[blacksiddis]

Also, I JUST installed Arch and no little about it so these vids are awesome. Keep it up!!