In the following tutorial we will perform installation of a Nodejs Nativefier on Manjaro 18 Linux from Arch User Repository using command line tools makepkg
and pacman
. nodejs-nativefier
may not be available from a standard repository by default:
error: target not found: nodejs-nativefier ==> ERROR: 'pacman' failed to install missing dependencies.
However, nodejs-nativefier
package can be built and installed from the AUR repository.
In this How to install Nodejs Nativefier on Manjaro 18 Linux tutorial you will learn:
- How to clone the latest Nodejs Nativefier AUR repository.
- How to build Nodejs Nativefier package.
- How to install Nodejs Nativefier AUR package.
Software Requirements and Conventions Used
Category | Requirements, Conventions or Software Version Used |
---|---|
System | Manjaro 18 Illyria Linux |
Software | nodejs-nativefier 7.6.8-2 or higher |
Other | Privileged access to your Linux system as root or via the sudo command. |
Conventions |
# – requires given linux commands to be executed with root privileges either directly as a root user or by use of sudo command$ – requires given linux commands to be executed as a regular non-privileged user |
How to install Nodejs Nativefier on Manjaro 18 Linux step by step
- Open up the terminal and clone the latest Nodejs Nativefier AUR repository:
$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/nodejs-nativefier
- Build the AUR package. First navigate to the newly created
nodejs-nativefier
directory. Then execute themakepkg
command to build the Nodejs Nativefier AUR package:$ cd nodejs-nativefier/ $ makepkg -s
When finished the result should be a newly built Nodejs Nativefier package ready for the installation:
$ ls *pkg.tar.xz nodejs-nativefier-7.6.8-2-any.pkg.tar.xz
- Using the
pacman
command to install the Nodejs Nativefier package. Replace the package name suffix with the Nodejs Nativefier version you have compiled previously:$ sudo pacman -U --noconfirm nodejs-nativefier-7.6.8-2-any.pkg.tar.xz
- The Nodejs Nativefier installation is now complete. The
nativefier
command should now be available:$ nativefier --version 7.6.8