faiss on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 25,2024

1. Install "faiss" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)

$ sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si

b. Install faiss on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S faiss

* (Optional) Uninstall faiss on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns faiss

2. Manually Install "faiss" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:

$ sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git

b. Clone faiss's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/faiss.git ~/faiss

c. Go to ~/faiss folder and install it

$ cd ~/faiss $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the faiss package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 531847
Name: faiss
PackageBaseID: 134776
PackageBase: faiss
Version: v1.3.0.r2.g19cea3d-1
Description: A library for efficient similarity search and clustering of dense vectors.
URL: https://github.com/facebookresearch/faiss
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate: 1597511782
Maintainer: d4l3k
FirstSubmitted: 1533408138
LastModified: 1533408139
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/faiss.tar.gz