fasttext on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "fasttext" 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 fasttext on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall fasttext on Arch using YAY

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


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


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

ID: 1364868
Name: fasttext
PackageBaseID: 136994
PackageBase: fasttext
Version: 0.9.2-3
Description: Library for fast text representation and classification
URL: https://github.com/facebookresearch/fastText
NumVotes: 2
Popularity: 0.13609
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: peippo
Submitter: peippo
FirstSubmitted: 1540803288
LastModified: 1701764466
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/fasttext.tar.gz