faiss on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 13,2024

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

1. Install "faiss" 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 faiss on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall faiss on Arch using YAY

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


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


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/faiss
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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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