fairseq on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: March 14,2025

1. Install "fairseq" 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 fairseq on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall fairseq on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1134858
Name: fairseq
PackageBaseID: 172217
PackageBase: fairseq
Version: 0.12.2-1
Description: Sequence modeling toolkit
URL: https://github.com/facebookresearch/fairseq
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0.000258
OutOfDate:
Maintainer:
Submitter: filipg
FirstSubmitted: 1634705114
LastModified: 1662253158
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/fairseq.tar.gz