captdriver-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 08,2024

1. Install "captdriver-git" 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 captdriver-git on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                captdriver-git
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall captdriver-git on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                captdriver-git
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "captdriver-git" 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 captdriver-git's git locally


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


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

ID: 1386784
Name: captdriver-git
PackageBaseID: 116252
PackageBase: captdriver-git
Version: r170.6271924-1
Description: Open source CUPS driver for Canon CAPT printers (not stable, formerly foo2capt)
URL: https://github.com/mounaiban/captdriver
NumVotes: 9
Popularity: 0.02139
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: mistersmee
Submitter: OramahMaalhur
FirstSubmitted: 1476618408
LastModified: 1705413397
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/captdriver-git.tar.gz