epstool on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "epstool" 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 epstool on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall epstool on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 541043
Name: epstool
PackageBaseID: 13949
PackageBase: epstool
Version: 3.09-1
Description: Utility to create or extract preview images in EPS files, fix bounding boxes and convert to bitmaps
URL: http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/gsview/epstool.htm
NumVotes: 54
Popularity: 1.7E-5
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: frazar0
Submitter: orivej
FirstSubmitted: 1196023496
LastModified: 1536096682
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/epstool.tar.gz