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@kauguru1, https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/python-terminaltexteffects-git

@RiverOnVenus, https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/terminaltexteffects-git

Please coordinate with each other and decide yourselves.

There CANNOT be two PKGBUILDS on the AUR doing the same thing.

@m040601 Two packages for the same thing is definitely confusing, agreed on that.

On the naming question though — the Arch Python packaging guidelines say:

For Python 3 library modules, use python-modulename. Also use the prefix if the package provides a program that is strongly coupled to the Python ecosystem (e.g. pip or tox). For other applications, use only the program name.

TTE is a general-purpose terminal tool, not something that's tightly tied to the Python ecosystem the way pip or tox are. So dropping the prefix is actually the right call here.

BTW, upstream switched to hatchling back in October and python-terminaltexteffects-git hasn't been updated since. You can try this one.

Am I correct that there are two different PKGBUILD's doing exactly the same ? Please confirm.

terminaltexteffects-git     First Submitted               : Wed 29 May 2024 03:37:11 PM WEST
python-terminaltexteffects-git  First Submitted               : Wed 29 May 2024 12:53:40 PM WEST

yay -S terminaltexteffects-git

Name                          : terminaltexteffects-git
AUR URL                       : https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/terminaltexteffects-git
URL                           : https://github.com/ChrisBuilds/terminaltexteffects

First Submitted               : Wed 29 May 2024 03:37:11 PM WEST
Last Modified                 : Fri 05 Jun 2026 04:31:22 PM WEST

Maintainer                    : RiverOnVenus

Version                       : 0.15.0.r10.g54f468e-1
Description                   : Visual effects engine applied to text in the terminal.
Provides                      : terminaltexteffects  python-terminaltexteffects  python-terminaltexteffects-git
Depends On                    : python
Make Deps                     : git  python-build  python-installer  python-wheel  python-setuptools  python-hatchling
Conflicts With                : terminaltexteffects  python-terminaltexteffects
Replaces                      : None
Keywords                      : None

yay -S python-terminaltexteffects-git

Name                          : python-terminaltexteffects-git
AUR URL                       : https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/python-terminaltexteffects-git
URL                           : https://github.com/ChrisBuilds/terminaltexteffects

First Submitted               : Wed 29 May 2024 12:53:40 PM WEST
Last Modified                 : Wed 29 May 2024 12:53:40 PM WEST

Maintainer                    : kauguru1

Version                       : d9a1ecea9ceadad4921662569220d8db042b7f96-1
Description                   : TerminalTextEffects (TTE) is a terminal visual effects engine.
Provides                      : python-terminaltexteffects
Depends On                    : python
Make Deps                     : python-build  python-installer  python-setuptools  python-wheel
Conflicts With                : python-terminaltexteffects

kauguru1
    Last Login:      2024-05-13 (UTC)

This is unnecessary confusing to AUR users. One should be deleted.

I propose that "kauguru1" deletes or transfers the ownership of his "python-terminaltexeffects-git" to "RiverOnVenus".

There should be only one PKGBUILD. And according to the AUR/Arch official guidelines it should be called "python-xxx-...".

@brasswool Done, thanks.

Hi!

Per upstream commit 9d7c87d dated October 20, 2025 this now uses build-backend = "hatchling.build". Would you mind adding python-hatchling to the makedepends array?

Thank you for this PKGBUILD!

@dreieck Done, thanks.

Please add python-terminaltexteffects and python-terminaltexteffects-git to the provides array, and python-terminaltexteffects to the conflicts array.

Regards!