aview on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 17,2025

1. Install "aview" 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 aview on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall aview on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 581694
Name: aview
PackageBaseID: 139183
PackageBase: aview
Version: 1.3.0_rc1-3
Description: a high quality ascii-art image browser
URL: http://aa-project.sourceforge.net/aview/
NumVotes: 2
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: jose1711
Submitter: jose1711
FirstSubmitted: 1548948851
LastModified: 1548948851
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/aview.tar.gz