dia on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "dia" 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 dia on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall dia on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1131639
Name: dia
PackageBaseID: 185240
PackageBase: dia
Version: 0.97.3-9
Description: A GTK+ based diagram creation program
URL: http://live.gnome.org/Dia
NumVotes: 13
Popularity: 0.353034
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: eclairevoyant
Submitter: Foxboron
FirstSubmitted: 1661594042
LastModified: 1661594042
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/dia.tar.gz