evince2 on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 03,2025

Deprecated! Installation of this package may no longer be supported.

1. Install "evince2" 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 evince2 on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall evince2 on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "evince2" 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 evince2's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/evince2.git 
            
                        
                ~/evince2
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/evince2 folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/evince2
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the evince2 package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 328083
Name: evince2
PackageBaseID: 50336
PackageBase: evince2
Version: 2.32.0-5
Description: Simply a document viewer. Gtk2 version.
URL: http://projects.gnome.org/evince/
NumVotes: 17
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: bidulock
FirstSubmitted: 1309449675
LastModified: 1470712070
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/evince2.tar.gz