balz on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: June 02,2024

1. Install "balz" 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 balz on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall balz on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 524911
Name: balz
PackageBaseID: 97205
PackageBase: balz
Version: 1.20-2
Description: Command-line file compressor with a high compression ratio and fast decompression
URL: http://balz.sourceforge.net
NumVotes: 40
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer:
Submitter: uncle
FirstSubmitted: 1439268679
LastModified: 1531029411
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/balz.tar.gz