boost171 on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: June 29,2024

1. Install "boost171" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)

$ sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si

b. Install boost171 on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S boost171

* (Optional) Uninstall boost171 on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns boost171

2. Manually Install "boost171" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:

$ sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git

b. Clone boost171's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/boost171.git ~/boost171

c. Go to ~/boost171 folder and install it

$ cd ~/boost171 $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the boost171 package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 700819
Name: boost171
PackageBaseID: 149265
PackageBase: boost171
Version: 1.71.0-2
Description: Free peer-reviewed portable C++ source libraries
URL: https://www.boost.org/
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: user20159
FirstSubmitted: 1582036372
LastModified: 1582622229
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/boost171.tar.gz