foldingathome on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 29,2024

1. Install "foldingathome" 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 foldingathome on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                foldingathome
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall foldingathome on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                foldingathome
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "foldingathome" 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 foldingathome's git locally


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


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

ID: 845077
Name: foldingathome
PackageBaseID: 11852
PackageBase: foldingathome
Version: 7.6.21-1
Description: A distributed computing project for simulating protein dynamics
URL: https://foldingathome.org/
NumVotes: 172
Popularity: 0.143309
OutOfDate: 1710601845
Maintainer: rustymech
Submitter: dtw
FirstSubmitted: 1183042551
LastModified: 1610227014
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/foldingathome.tar.gz