geant4 on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 01,2025

1. Install "geant4" 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 geant4 on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall geant4 on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "geant4" 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 geant4's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/geant4.git 
            
                        
                ~/geant4
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/geant4 folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/geant4
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the geant4 package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1410692
Name: geant4
PackageBaseID: 36278
PackageBase: geant4
Version: 11.2.1-1
Description: A simulation toolkit for particle physics interactions.
URL: http://geant4.cern.ch/
NumVotes: 19
Popularity: 0.027634
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: donpicoro
Submitter: Eothred
FirstSubmitted: 1270716874
LastModified: 1708133808
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/geant4.tar.gz