gdal-ecw on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: September 28,2024

1. Install "gdal-ecw" 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 gdal-ecw on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall gdal-ecw on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "gdal-ecw" 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 gdal-ecw's git locally


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


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

ID: 1424170
Name: gdal-ecw
PackageBaseID: 158544
PackageBase: gdal-ecw
Version: 3.8.4-1
Description: A translator library for raster geospatial data formats, with support to ECW format. Based on gdal-hdf4 AUR package.
URL: https://gdal.org/
NumVotes: 4
Popularity: 4.0E-5
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: olivervbk
Submitter: olivervbk
FirstSubmitted: 1602187122
LastModified: 1710040523
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/gdal-ecw.tar.gz