7-zip on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: September 29,2024

1. Install "7-zip" 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 7-zip on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall 7-zip on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "7-zip" 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 7-zip's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/7-zip.git 
            
                        
                ~/7-zip
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/7-zip folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/7-zip
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the 7-zip package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1276510
Name: 7-zip
PackageBaseID: 164229
PackageBase: 7-zip
Version: 23.01-1
Description: File archiver with a high compression ratio
URL: https://7-zip.org
NumVotes: 62
Popularity: 0.783288
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: post-factum
Submitter: post-factum
FirstSubmitted: 1615497388
LastModified: 1687334191
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/7-zip.tar.gz