evince-git on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 23,2024

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

* (Optional) Uninstall evince-git on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "evince-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 evince-git's git locally


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


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

ID: 1055700
Name: evince-git
PackageBaseID: 64113
PackageBase: evince-git
Version: 42.0+9+g53f38dae-1
Description: Simply a document viewer
URL: http://projects.gnome.org/evince/
NumVotes: 3
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: swiftscythe
Submitter: maurofruet
FirstSubmitted: 1351454021
LastModified: 1648048418
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/evince-git.tar.gz