avida on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 02,2025

1. Install "avida" 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 avida on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall avida on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1132137
Name: avida
PackageBaseID: 19801
PackageBase: avida
Version: 2.14.0-2
Description: A software platform to study evolution of digital organisms
URL: https://github.com/devosoft/avida
NumVotes: 6
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: malacology
Submitter: foxcub
FirstSubmitted: 1220906737
LastModified: 1661725041
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/avida.tar.gz