arc on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: July 01,2024

1. Install "arc" 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 arc on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall arc on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1138088
Name: arc
PackageBaseID: 97504
PackageBase: arc
Version: 5.21q-1
Description: Arc file archiver and compressor. Long since superceeded by zip/unzip but useful if have old .arc files need to unpack.
URL: http://sourceforge.net/projects/arc
NumVotes: 19
Popularity: 1.003105
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: sl1pkn07
Submitter: sl1pkn07
FirstSubmitted: 1439482915
LastModified: 1662871423
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/arc.tar.gz