acroread on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: June 26,2024

Deprecated! Installation of this package may no longer be supported.

1. Install "acroread" 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 acroread on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall acroread on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "acroread" 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 acroread's git locally


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


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

ID: 963944
Name: acroread
PackageBaseID: 16980
PackageBase: acroread
Version: 9.5.5-20
Description: Adobe Acrobat Reader is a PDF file viewer
URL: http://www.adobe.com/products/reader/
NumVotes: 856
Popularity: 0.403997
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Geballin
FirstSubmitted: 1210879102
LastModified: 1632233288
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/acroread.tar.gz